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Revision as of 14:06, 19 May 2014

H.M. T.B. 98 (1880)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Launched: 1880[2]
Sold:

H.M. T.B. 98 was a second-class torpedo boat built by Thornycroft in order to test the Ruthven "turbine", a type of water-jet propulsion..

She was slow at 11.75 knots, ungainly and her oddball engine incredibly loud.[3]

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

  • Two 14-in bow torpedo tubes.[4]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.

Bibliography


Second-class Torpedo Boat H.M. T.B. 98
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