HMS Waitemata
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HMS Waitemata was a colonial service Defender-class torpedo boat designed by Thornycroft & Company for the defence of New Zealand, built at Chiswick in 1883 and shipped to New Zealand.
A Defender-class torpedo boat, clearly showing the spar torpedo | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Waitemata |
| Ordered | 26 August 1882[1] |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
| Cost | £12,600 for four boats |
| Yard number | 170[1] |
| Launched | 30 August 1883[1] |
| Commissioned | 19 September 1883[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Defender-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 12 tons |
| Length | 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) |
| Beam | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
| Installed power | 173 hp (129 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17.3 kn (32.0 km/h) |
| Complement | 7[1] |
| Armament |
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The torpedo boat was delivered from Wellington to Auckland by being towed behind the Government steamship NZGSS Hinemoa. It arrived in Auckland in April 1885.[2]
