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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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  • Britain's four '''T.B. 114 Class Torpedo Boats''' were built by Samuel White to a slightly larger pattern than the p ...elt 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.{{PQDNO190
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  • Four 45 cm torpedo tubes mounted in pairs on two swivel mounts; one on the forecastle, one tow ...op speed of 28 kts. At 16 kts, the [[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino|STT]] torpedo boats had a range of 980 nm.
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  • The twelve torpedo boats of the '''110 Ton Class''' were completed between 1909 and 1911 in tw Two 45 cm torpedo tubes
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  • The four torpedo boats of the Cobra class were completed between 1898 and 1900. They where {{Footer Cobra Class Torpedo Boat (1898)}}
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  • The thirteen torpedo boats of the '''Kaiman Class''' were completed between 1905 and 1910. {{Footer Kaiman Class Torpedo Boat (1905)}}
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  • The twenty-two torpedo boats of the '''Schichau Class''' were completed for the [[Austro-Hungarian * two single 356 mm (14-in) torpedo tubes
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  • Two '''''Dahlgren'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1900. * two 18-in torpedo tubes, on the centreline aft
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  • Three '''''Foote'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1897 and 1898. * three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on the centreline aft, one each abreast fore funnel
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  • Two '''''Porter'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1897. * three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on the centreline aft, one each abreast fore funnel
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  • Two '''''Davis'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1899. * three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on the centreline aft, one each broadside
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  • Two '''''Talbot'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in April, 1898. ...oned), being about one third the displacement of the [[Davis Class Torpedo Boat (1898)|''Davis'' class]] boats ordered at the same time.{{BauerRobertsRegis
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  • Two '''''Mackenzie'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1898 and 1899. ...small, being about one third the displacement of the [[Davis Class Torpedo Boat (1898)|''Davis'' class]] boats ordered at the same time.
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  • Three '''''Bagley'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1901. * three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on centreline aft, and one on each broadside between funnels
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  • Two '''''Blakely'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1902 and 1904. * three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on centreline aft, and one on each broadside between second and
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  • Two '''''Nicholson'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1905. * three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on centreline aft, and one on each broadside between second and
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  • Three '''''Shubrick'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1901 and 1902. * three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on centreline aft, and one on each broadside between second and
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  • ...'' was a formation in the [[United States Navy]] when its numbers of small torpedo craft were so low there was apparently no need for more than one flotilla. |align=center colspan=5|'''Flag Boat'''
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  • Seven '''''Schütze'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1882-1883. * Two 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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  • Six '''''W 1'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1884. These boats were the last surface torpedo craft built by [[AG Weser|AG Weser]] for the Imperial German Navy.
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  • Ten '''''V 1'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1884. * Two 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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  • ...Imperial German Navy]] in 1884-1885. They were the first of a long line of torpedo craft built by [[Schichau-Werke|Schichau]]. The ''S 1''s were the best seaboats of the 1884-1885 series of torpedo boats.{{GronerWarships1|p. 154}}
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  • Seventeen '''''S 7'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1885. * Three 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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  • Eight '''''S 24'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1886-1887. * Three 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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  • Nine '''''S 33'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1887. * Three 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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  • Fifteen '''''S 43'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1889-1890. * Three 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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  • Eight '''''S 58'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1891-1892. * Three 350mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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  • Seven '''''S 67'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1893-1894. * Three 450mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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  • Seven '''''S 75'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1895-1896. * Three 450mm torpedo tubes, four torpedoes
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  • Six '''''S 82'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[Imperial German Navy]] in 1897-1898. * Three 45cm torpedo tubes
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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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  • ...<br>2. My Lords will, as desired, give orders for all available Ships and Torpedo Craft to proceed to the position of the Fleet Action on learning from you t ...fleet engagement in open waters for the sake of so uncertain a ploy as a U-Boat ambush was not subjected to analysis, and the likelihood that they might si
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 251, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} In a torpedo firing practice exercise on 1 July, 1918, ''Royal Sovereign'' reloaded a su
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  • ...for British destroyers when the Germans attempted to press home a torpedo-boat attack.<ref>Buxton. ''Big Gun Monitors''. p. 52.</ref> Afterwards, up un
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  • ...e employed along with the entire rest of the armament in repelling torpedo boat attack.
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  • The dropping gear on the 40 foot boat was 22 feet from the stem, determined as the best place by trials. ...ional 24-inch models from their dockyards for placement on the shelter or boat deck. These were to be augmented by (or further upgraded to?) a pair of 36-
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  • ...ional 24-inch models from their dockyards for placement on the shelter or boat deck. These were to be augmented by (or further upgraded to?) a pair of 36- ...m the conning tower, which they would then relay by a voice-pipe under the boat deck to the after casement. The second forward-most main deck guns would r
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  • ...e was appointed to ''Emerald'' for the Queenstown Flotilla for the Torpedo Boat Manoeuvres. He finally quit ''Triumph'' on 6 May, 1905.<ref>Loring Service
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  • ...Lieutenant [[Arthur Pringle]] and two sailors died on 28 April 1902 when a boat derrick they were restowing after use fell on them at Terranova Pausania, I ...y, 1915 while on Channel patrol off Portland Bill by torpedoes of German U-boat {{DE-U24}}. The ship sank quickly during bad weather resulting in the loss
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  • ...ional 24-inch models from their dockyards for placement on the shelter or boat deck. These were to be augmented by (or further upgraded to?) a pair of 36- ...still growing, these ships were to receive two [[18-in Fiume Mark III** H. Torpedo]]es each.{{ARTS1909|p. 14}}
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  • ...ional 24-inch models from their dockyards for placement on the shelter or boat deck. These were to be augmented by (or further upgraded to?) a pair of 36- ...still growing, these ships were to receive two [[18-in Fiume Mark III** H. Torpedo]]es each.{{ARTS1909|p. 14}}
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  • ...y 1914, the ship was appropriated 42-foot motor launch No. 259, though the boat was not yet delivered from the contractor.{{AWO1914|122 of 10 July, 1914}} ===Torpedo Control===
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  • ...de Janeiro, keeping their guns manned all the while for a Spanish torpedo boat rumored to be in the area. Head seas and winds delayed them, and they did n
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  • ...battery joined {{US-Iowa}} and {{US-Gloucester}} in battering two torpedo-boat destroyers.
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  • ...s 8 December 1907, ''Rhode Island'' joined 15 other battleships, a torpedo boat squadron, and transports, for the great fleet review which began the cruise ...emaining ready for overseas deployment, ''Rhode Island'' undertook special torpedo proving trials during June 1918.
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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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  • |type=torpedo boat |chain=Torpedo Boats
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  • ...."<ref>Wester Wemyss. p. 33.</ref> On 12 October he was appointed to the torpedo depôt ship [[H.M.S. Hecla (1878)|''Hecla'']] in the Mediterranean. He wa ...ly friend. On 6 May, 1892, he received his first command, that of Torpedo Boat 21, which was commissioned for training purposes.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.
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  • ...went to Woolwich Arsenal, London, for a seven day course of instruction in torpedo apparatus. Jackson had a strong interest in the scientific aspects of his ...ineteenth century and was the world's first effective self-propelled naval torpedo, developed by an English engineer, [[Whitehead & Company|Robert Whitehead]]
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  • ...[[David Beatty]] [[Battle Cruiser Fleet]] as it left [[Rosyth]]. Another U-boat would force her way into the Firth of Forth, close to Rosyth, one would rec ...cruisers and merchant ships that were frequently seen there. Cruisers and torpedo boats could guard the exposed flank since the [[High Sea Fleet]] would not
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  • | 6.&mdash;Inventions&mdash;relating to Ships, Machinery, Ordnance and Torpedo ''Matériel'', &c. | 12.&mdash;Ordnance and Torpedo ''Matériel'' and Stores.
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  • 6.55 p.m.—{{UK-Marlborough}} struck by a mine or torpedo on starboard side. She listed quickly to starboard but continued 7.31 p.m.—Observed much smoke made by enemy. Received signal "Enemy torpedo craft are approaching." A few salvoes with 12-in. guns were fired at attack
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  • |{{US-1Farragut|f=p}}||torpedo boat||16 Jul, 1898||Sold 9 Sep, 1919
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  • ...berthing space that would be required to accommodate the fourteen torpedo boat destroyers that were expected to be delivered shortly from the contractors. |{{UK-Polyphemus|f=p}}||torpedo ram||15 Jun, 1881||Broken up 1903
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  • ...rose to become the head of the torpedo-arm which he re-organised into the torpedo inspectorate. ...istrative position, Tirpitz became a vocal spokesman for a unrestricted U-boat warfare, which he felt could break the British stranglehold on Germany's se
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  • ...nt two years in the [[H.M.S. Vernon (Torpedo Training School)|''Vernon'']] torpedo school with an additional six months as staff officer of that establishment In 1892 he was appointed Torpedo Lieutenant of the ''Royal Sovereign'', Flagship of the Channel Squadron, an
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  • |chain=Torpedo Boats,Second-class Torpedo Boats |type=second-class torpedo boat
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  • |{{US-1Bailey|f=p}}||torpedo boat||5 Dec, 1899||Sold 10 Mar, 1920 |{{US-1Wilkes|f=p}}||torpedo boat||28 Sep, 1901||Sunk 1914
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  • ...ed to the steam frigate ''Inconstant'', on 24 August, 1880. May served as Torpedo Lieutenant. Two weeks later ''Inconstant'' became flagship of a Detached S ...d Baronet|Arthur Wilson]] of ''Vernon'' in evaluating a new Fiume Mark III torpedo against the service's R.L. torpedoes Marks I and II, carrying out these tes
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  • ...xible}} (Captain [[Henry Coey Kane]]) to be target of a night time torpedo boat attack in Volo Bay. Four second-class boats, one from ''Benbow'', one from
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  • ...taff of the ''Vernon'' was appointed in 1899 to the {{UK-Jupiter|f=t}} for torpedo duties. ...his subject under the title "The Evolution of the Submarine Boat, Mine and Torpedo".
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