T.B. 109 Class Torpedo Boat (1902)

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Britiain's five first-class T.B. 109 Class Torpedo Boats were a continuation of the 160-foot pattern of the previous Naval Programme, though built to a slightly heavier and lengthier design.

Overview of 5 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
T.B. 109 John I. Thornycroft & Company 22 Jul, 1902 Broken up 1919
T.B. 110 John I. Thornycroft & Company 5 Sep, 1902 Broken up 1919
T.B. 111 John I. Thornycroft & Company 31 Oct, 1902 Broken up 1919
T.B. 112 John I. Thornycroft & Company 15 Jan, 1903 Broken up 1919
T.B. 113 John I. Thornycroft & Company 12 Feb, 1903 Broken up 1919

Common Characteristics

Three trainable 18-in tubes on the deck, two on the beams forward and one centreline aft.[1]

Three 3-pdrs, arranged in the same pattern.[2]

In mid-1904, the Royal Navy ordered the replacement of two 5-barrel .45-in Nordenfelt machine guns with .45-in Maxim guns on each of fifty-seven first-class torpedo boats. This figure must have included most or all of this class.[3]

The boats were larger than the preceding T.B. 98 class at 200 tons and delivered the same performance, but also with poor endurance.

Service History

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104.
  3. ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1904. pp. 327-331.

Bibliography


T.B. 109 Class First-class Torpedo Boat
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