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Wednesday 19 October 2016

French torpedo boat Ouragan executing trials according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1890 no. 1

An item reported that the French ocean going torpedo boat Ouragan started with her trials at Toulon, France. Starting with a speed of 12 knots, increased to 15 knots became clear that some machine parts became to hot and was feared for damage. The contracted speed was 25 knots, in reality was just 20 knots achieved. The shipyard who built her was confronted with a price reduction of 250.000 French francs.