Cobra-class torpedo boat

SM Tb 16 (ex-Cobra) before 1920
Class overview
BuildersYarrow, Poplar, London
OperatorsAustro-Hungarian Navy
Succeeded byKaiman class
Completed4
Scrapped4
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo boat
Displacement135 t (133 long tons) full load
Length45.9 m (150 ft 7 in) wl
Beam4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Draught2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Installed power1,800 ihp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Yarrow boilers
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement21
Armament
  • 2× 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 3 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

The Cobra class[1] (also known as the Python class[2]) was a class of four torpedo boats built by the British shipbuilder Yarrow for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the late 1890s. All four ships served through the First World War and were scrapped in 1919.

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