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Tuesday 18 October 2016

Portuguese gunboat Dom Luiz executed her trials according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1898 no. 1

An item reported that the Portuguese gunboat Dom Luiz (1) recently executed her trials. With 252 ihp and 70 rpm was a speed of 6 knots, with 315 ihp and 94 rpm 8,4 knots and with 512 ihp and 112 rpm a speed of 9 knots. The range was respectively 2.357, 2.149 and 1.960 nautical miles. Displacement 721 tons and as dimensions 45 x 8,3 x 4,7 (maximum) metres/ The armament consisted of 4-10cm guns, 2-4,7cm quick firing guns and 2 machineguns.

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1. Built at Lisbon, Portugal in 1895, part of the Tejo-class.