T.B. 114 Class Torpedo Boat (1903)
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| T.B. 114 | J. Samuel White | 8 Jun, 1903 | Sold 1919 | ||
| T.B. 115 | J. Samuel White | 19 Nov, 1903 | Sold 1919 | ||
| T.B. 116 | J. Samuel White | 21 Dec, 1903 | Sold 1919 | ||
| T.B. 117 | J. Samuel White | 18 Feb, 1904 | Collision 1917 | ||
Design & Construction
As in the earlier boats, these featured three trainable 18-in tubes on the deck, two on the beams forward and one centreline aft.[1] Three 3-pdr guns were 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 four White-built boats were larger than the previous two orders for 160-foot T.Bs. at 219 tons, and delivered the same 25 knots.
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| <– | T.B. 109 Class | Torpedo Boats (UK) | Cricket Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | T.B. 109 Class | First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) | Cricket Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
