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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