HNLMS Stier

Stier
History
Netherlands
NameStier
NamesakeBull
BuilderJohn Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, England
Launched5 April 1868
Recommissioned1 April 1909
Decommissioned1982
In service1868
Out of service1906
Stricken1908
FateScrapped, 1930
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and typeSchorpioen-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
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.