 Another early such ship was the Norwegian warship , ordered from Thornycroft shipbuilding company, England, in either 1872 or 1873, and built at Thornycroft's shipyard at Church Wharf in Chiswick on the River Thames.Managing a speed of , she was one of the fastest boats afloat when completed.The Norwegians initially planned to arm her with a spar torpedo, but this may never have been fitted.