HNLMS Stier

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Fig. 164. Stier.jpg
Stier
History
Netherlands
NameStier
NamesakeBull
Builder, Birkenhead, England
Launched5 April 1868
Recommissioned1 April 1909
Decommissioned1982
In service1868
Out of service1906
Stricken1908
FateScrapped, 1930
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and type Schorpioen-class monitor
Displacement2,087 metric tons (2,054 long tons)
Length195.7 ft (59.65 m) (p/p)
Beam39 ft (11.9 m)
Draught16 ft 9 in (5.1 m)
Installed power
  • 2,225 ihp (1,659 kW)
  • 4 boilers
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 steam engines
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range1,030 nmi (1,910 km; 1,190 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement136
Armament2 × 1 − Armstrong 9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles
Armour

HNLMS Stier was a Schorpioen-class monitor built in England for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1860s.

Design and description[]

The Schorpioen-class ships were designed to the same specification, but varied somewhat in details. The dimensions here are for Schorpioen, with her British-built sister ship, Stier, being marginally smaller. They were 205 feet (62.5 m) long overall, had a beam of 38 feet (11.6 m) and a draft of 16 feet 2 inches (4.9 m). They displaced 2,069–2,175 long tons (2,102–2,210 t) and was fitted with a ram bow. Their crew consisted of 110–136 officers and enlisted men.[1]

Stier was powered by a pair of horizontal trunk steam engines, each driving a propeller shaft using steam from four square boilers. The engines produced 2,225–2,250 indicated horsepower (1,659–1,678 kW) and gave the ship a speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).[1] The Schorpioen-class ships carried a maximum of 200 long tons (203 t) of coal that gave them a range of 1,030 nautical miles (1,910 km; 1,190 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[2] They were also equipped with two pole masts.[3]

The Schorpioens were armed with a pair of Armstrong 9-inch (229 mm) rifled, muzzle-loading guns mounted in the gun turret. The ships had a complete waterline belt of wrought iron that ranged in thickness from 6 inches (152 mm) amidships to 3 inches (76 mm) at the ends of the ships. The gun turret was protected by 8 inches (203 mm) inches of armor and the armor thickness increased to 11 inches (279 mm) around the gun ports. The base of the turret was also protected by 8 inches of armor and the walls of the conning tower were 5.7 inches (144 mm) thick. The deck armor ranged in thickness from 0.75 to 1 inch (19 to 25 mm).[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Silverstone, p. 340
  2. ^ a b "Dutch Ironclad Rams", pp. 303–304
  3. ^ Gardiner, p. 373

References[]

  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
  • "Dutch Ironclad Rams". Warship International. IX (3): 302–304. 1972.
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.

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