H.M. T.B. 98 (1883)

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H.M. T.B. 98 (1883)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Yard Number: 141[2]
Ordered: 21 December, 1880[3]
Launched: 13 September, 1883[4]
Completed: 1883[5]
Disposed of: After 1898[6]

H.M. T.B. 98 was a second-class torpedo boat built by John I. Thornycroft & Company in order to test the Ruthven "turbine", a type of water-jet propulsion.

Construction

Service

She was slow at 11.75 knots, ungainly, and her oddball engine incredibly loud.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

  • Two 14-in bow torpedo tubes.[8]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  2. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314.
  3. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314.
  4. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314. Date listed as uncertain.
  5. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314.
  6. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314. Listed as "Fate unknown (still extant in 1898)".
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.

Bibliography


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