SMS Boa
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SMS Boa was a torpedo boat of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Built as a unit of the Cobra class, she was typical of the seagoing torpedo boats acquired by Austria-Hungary between 1896 and 1914. In 1910 she was renamed Torpedoboot 15.
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SMS Boa (foreground), between 1910 and 1920 | |
History | |
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Name | SMS Boa |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, England |
Launched | 20 August 1898 |
Completed | 24 September 1898 |
Renamed | Torpedoboot 15, 1910 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1920 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cobra-class torpedo boat |
Displacement | 132 long tons (134 t) |
Length | 46.5 m (152 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion | Reciprocating engines, 1,800 hp (1,342 kW) |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Complement | 2 officers, 20 men |
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