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  • The two second-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 49 Class''' were built by [[Yarrow & Company]] in 1888 ...t to emphasise one role over another, as in the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footers]], but in 1888 a decision was made to abolish this pract
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  • Four first-class torpedo boats were ordered in 1884 and were called '''113-Footers''' due to their l ...ed the aft swivel mount to be trained via voicepipe, and himself fired the torpedo electrically, which seems quite innovative for the era.{{NMI|30 Apr. 1885,
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  • ...entlemen, in venturing to address you upon this subject of defence against torpedo craft, I would desire at the outset to call your attention to the general o ...gs in them. The eastern entrance had two openings, there being one torpedo-boat one inshore protected by the forts that fell into the hands of the Japanese
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  • The ten second-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 39 Class''' were built by [[Yarrow & Company]] in 1889 ...t to emphasise one role over another, as in the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footers]], but in 1888 a decision was made to abolish this pract
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  • ...boats for the Royal Indian Marine based on the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footer class]] of two years previous, but by 1892, these had sti Five 14-in torpedo tubes. Two 1-in twin-barrelled Nordenfeld guns. An alternative armament p
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  • ...ppointed to H.M.S. ''Duke of Wellington'' as Inspecting Captain of Torpedo Boat Destroyers on 12 August, 1902.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Offic
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  • ...Boat''' (or '''T.B.''') was a small, fast warship type designed to deliver torpedo attacks against larger surface fleets. ...r]] type, whose larger size and greater gun power was intended to keep the torpedo boats from being able to get close enough to fire effectively.
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  • ...boats of 1883]] or the numeric designation of the [[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|''Cricket'' class coastal destroyers of 1906]]) was constructed by [ ...torpedoes were later added, though it is not clear whether this meant the torpedo tubes were removed.{{Conways1860|p. 101}}
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  • ...the others, but all were larger than the preceding [[T.B. 82 Class Torpedo Boat (1889)|T.B. 82 class]], which was sometimes referred to as the 130 Footers. One fixed 18-in torpedo tube in the bow, and two trainable tubes on the deck.{{Conways1860|p. 104}}
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  • Britain built fifty-eight first-class torpedo boats called '''125 Footers''' in reaction to the war scare with Russia. T ...fitted out in this torpedo-heavy manner, they were referred to as "torpedo boat destroyers" &ndash; a precocious use of the term.{{LyonFirstDestroyers|p. 8
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  • The two first-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 39 Class''' were [[Yarrow & Company]]-built boats of 1 {{Footer T.B. 39 Class Torpedo Boat (1882)}}
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  • The six first-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 82 Class''' were [[Yarrow & Company]] built, displacin ...on with alternative armament schemes, as in the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footers]], but in 1888 a decision was made to abolish this pract
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  • ...iginally dubbed "coastal destroyers", but were reclassified as first-class torpedo boats before 1907. They were often referred to as "the oily wads" due to t ...ere re-numbered - confusingly - as T.B. 1-12 as part of the denigration to torpedo boats.
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  • ...boats of 1876]] or the numeric designation of the [[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|''Cricket'' class coastal destroyers of 1906]], though both had vess {{Footer T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1883)}}
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  • The two second-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 99 Class''' were built by [[John I. Thornycroft & Comp {{Footer T.B. 99 Class Torpedo Boat (1884)}}
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  • The twenty second-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 76 Class''' were built by [[John I. Thornycroft & Comp {{Footer T.B. 76 Class Torpedo Boat (1880)}}
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  • The four second-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 74 Class''' were built by [[Yarrow & Company]] between {{Footer T.B. 74 Class Torpedo Boat (1881)}}
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  • The ten second-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 64 Class''' were built by [[John I. Thornycroft & Comp {{Footer T.B. 64 Class Torpedo Boat (1880)}}
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  • The twelve second-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 51 Class''' were built by [[John I. Thornycroft & Comp {{Footer T.B. 51 Class Torpedo Boat (1878)}}
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  • The two second-class torpedo boats of the '''T.B. 49 Class''' were built by [[Yarrow & Company]] in 1888 ...t to emphasise one role over another, as in the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footers]], but in 1888 a decision was made to abolish this pract
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  • ...The whole maritime population of the empire, including the engine crew and boat craftsman, is exempt from the service in the land army, however, for the se ...r, six armoured cruisers, eighteen light cruisers, seventeen gunboats, 110 torpedo boats, and 229 submarines.<ref>Herwig. ''"Luxury" Fleet''. p. 222.</ref>
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  • ...-division was improved to decrease the possibility of sinking from mine or torpedo attack. Unlike ''Dreadnought'' the ''Bellerophon'' class were given two tr ...[[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI* Torpedo|Mark VI* H.]] or [[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI** Torpedo|Mark VI** H.]].{{ARTS1909|pp. 13-4}}
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  • ...[[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI* Torpedo|Mark VI* H.]] or [[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI** Torpedo|Mark VI** H.]].{{ARTS1909|pp. 13-4}} ...with with [[18-in Mark VI** Torpedo (UK)|Mark VII*]] or [[18-in Mark VI** Torpedo (UK)|Mark VI**]].{{ARTS1913|p. 8}} The Admiralty had simultaneously impose
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  • ...one of thirty-six first-class torpedo boats of the [[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|''Cricket'' class]]. {{Footer Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)}}
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  • ...e; if there were a Pattern 50 light bulb, could there also be a Pattern 50 torpedo director? The numbers appeared after 1885, as no mention is found in ARTS ...e by Siemens, in use in ''Dreadnought'' c 1911.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1911'', p. 95.</ref>
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 258, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...em and the weapons proved to have little effectiveness at the ranges where torpedo attack became deeply worrying.
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 263, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} The ships had three 21-in submerged torpedo tubes. ''Orion'''s broadside tubes were angled at 90 degrees, unlike her s
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  • In a torpedo firing practice exercise on 1 July, 1918, ''Benbow'' reloaded a submerged t ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 193, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}}
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 194, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...competitive firing trials as part of the Mediterranean Fleet, her forward torpedo flat fired at intervals of 48, 66, 47, and 69 seconds, and the aft flat at
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  • ...petitive firing trials as part of the [[Mediterranean Fleet]], her forward torpedo flat fired at intervals of 62, 70, 93 and 132 seconds, and the aft flat at In a torpedo firing practice exercise on 1 July, 1918, ''Iron'' reloaded a submerged tub
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 192, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...competitive firing trials as part of the Mediterranean Fleet, her forward torpedo flat fired at intervals of 58, 67, 77 and 203 seconds, and the aft flat at
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  • ...r, it was desired to provide an effective additional 9-foot instrument for torpedo control purposes, ''Barham'' was to skip getting one on the assumption this ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 249, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}}
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 246, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...apital ship possible an additional effective 9-foot rangefinder to support torpedo control, ''Malaya'' proposed a pair of transversing mountings atop the beef
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 248, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...r, it was desired to provide an effective additional 9-foot instrument for torpedo control purposes, ''Queen Elizabeth'' was to skip getting one on the assump
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 250, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} Lieutenant-Commander [[Brian Egerton]] served as torpedo officer and first Lieutenant-Commander of ''Valiant'' between March 1915 un
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 247, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...d of 1915, she (along with ''Queen Elizabeth'') had been equipped with a [[Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II]] in her TCT.{{HTC1916|p. 38}}
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 255, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...er Torpedo Control Table]] around 1916, whereas her sisters all received [[Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II]]s.{{ARTS1916|pp. 27, 29}}
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 253, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ...f Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type B]]s and one of the first nine [[Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type F]]s manufactured by Elliott Brothers.{{ARTS1919|p
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  • ...for rescuing, with Boy Rose, a T. Hunt, who was stuck under an overturned boat.<ref>ADM 196/38. f. 459.</ref><ref>''The Royal Navy List'' (July, 1884). On 11 January, 1897, he was appointed in command of the torpedo cruiser [[H.M.S. Cossack (1886)|''Cossack'']].<ref>"Naval & Military Intell
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