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==Armament==
==Armament==
Two 14-in bow torpedo tubes.{{Conways1860|p. 105}}
* Two 14-in bow torpedo tubes.{{Conways1860|p. 105}}


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 00:21, 1 May 2013

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]

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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<– T.B. 76 Class Second-class Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 1 Class –>


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