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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 53 vessels | ||
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+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB25}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |7 Oct, 1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB26}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB27}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB28}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Stranded 1898 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB29}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB41}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB42}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB43}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB44}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB45}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB46}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB47}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1908 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB48}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1905 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB49}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB50}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB51}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1913 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB52}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB53}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1913 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB54}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB55}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Aug, 1886 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 23 Feb, 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB56}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Aug, 1886 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sunk 17 May, 1906 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB57}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Aug, 1886 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB58}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Aug, 1886 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB59}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Aug, 1886 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB60}} | ||
+ | |[[Thornycroft]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |29 Aug, 1886 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB30}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1914 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB31}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1913 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB32}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1914 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB33}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB61}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1909 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB62}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1914 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB63}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB64}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 21 Mar, 1915 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB65}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB66}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB67}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB68}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB69}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1910 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB70}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB71}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB72}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1914 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB73}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1914 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB74}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB75}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Collision 1892 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB76}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB77}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1920 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB78}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Sold 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB34}} | ||
+ | |[[J. S. White]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB35}} | ||
+ | |[[J. S. White]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-1TB36}} | ||
+ | |[[J. S. White]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB37}} | ||
+ | |[[J. S. White]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB38}} | ||
+ | |[[J. S. White]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1885 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1919 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{UK-TB79}} | ||
+ | |[[Yarrow]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |1886 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |Broken up 1919 | ||
+ | |} | ||
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Revision as of 15:24, 18 November 2014
Britain built fifty-eight first-class torpedo boats called 125 Footers in reaction to the war scare with Russia.
T.B. 25 built by Thornycroft served as the prototype.
Overview of 53 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
T.B. 25 | Thornycroft | 7 Oct, 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 26 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 27 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 28 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Stranded 1898 | ||
T.B. 29 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 41 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 42 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 43 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 44 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 45 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 46 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1920 | ||
T.B. 47 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1908 | ||
T.B. 48 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1905 | ||
T.B. 49 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 50 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1920 | ||
T.B. 51 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1913 | ||
T.B. 52 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 53 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1913 | ||
T.B. 54 | Thornycroft | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 55 | Thornycroft | 29 Aug, 1886 | Sold 23 Feb, 1920 | ||
T.B. 56 | Thornycroft | 29 Aug, 1886 | Sunk 17 May, 1906 | ||
T.B. 57 | Thornycroft | 29 Aug, 1886 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 58 | Thornycroft | 29 Aug, 1886 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 59 | Thornycroft | 29 Aug, 1886 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 60 | Thornycroft | 29 Aug, 1886 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 30 | Yarrow | 1885 | Broken up 1914 | ||
T.B. 31 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1913 | ||
T.B. 32 | Yarrow | 1885 | Broken up 1914 | ||
T.B. 33 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 61 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1909 | ||
T.B. 62 | Yarrow | 1885 | Broken up 1914 | ||
T.B. 63 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 64 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 21 Mar, 1915 | ||
T.B. 65 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 66 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1920 | ||
T.B. 67 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1920 | ||
T.B. 68 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1920 | ||
T.B. 69 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1910 | ||
T.B. 70 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 71 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1923 | ||
T.B. 72 | Yarrow | 1885 | Broken up 1914 | ||
T.B. 73 | Yarrow | 1885 | Broken up 1914 | ||
T.B. 74 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1920 | ||
T.B. 75 | Yarrow | 1885 | Collision 1892 | ||
T.B. 76 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1920 | ||
T.B. 77 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1920 | ||
T.B. 78 | Yarrow | 1885 | Sold 1919 | ||
T.B. 34 | J. S. White | 1885 | Broken up 1919 | ||
T.B. 35 | J. S. White | 1885 | Broken up 1919 | ||
T.B. 36 | J. S. White | 1885 | Broken up 1919 | ||
T.B. 37 | J. S. White | 1885 | Broken up 1919 | ||
T.B. 38 | J. S. White | 1885 | Broken up 1919 | ||
T.B. 79 | Yarrow | 1886 | Broken up 1919 |
Common Characteristics
A single bow-mounted tube for 14-in Whitehead torpedoes. By the early 1900s, this had been removed.[1]
Two 3-pdrs and two 2-barrel Nordenfelt M.G.s (some of these, possibly just the Nordenfelds, were replaced by 0.45-in 5-barrel M.G.s)[2]
An alternative armament permitted them to land the 3-pdrs for two pairs of deck torpedo tubes, making an estimable five tubes.[3] When fitted out in this manner, they were referred to as "torpedo boat destroyers" – a precocious use of the term.[4]
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 57 first-class torpedo boats. This figure must have included the remaining numbers of this class.[5]
T.B. 25
The ship featured a fixed torpedo tube in a "bull-nose" bow equipped with a ram. This shape was glaringly unsuccessful and she had to be altered to a straight bow which caused her to lose her tube.[6]
Thornycroft Boats
Thornycroft produced two batches of four and twenty vessels. Power levels of 700-750 I.H.P. delivered speeds ranging from 19.5 to 21.5 knots. All eventually had the bull-nose of T.B. 25 removed, which cost them their bow tube.[7]
Yarrow Boats
Yarrow produced two batches of four and eighteen vessels.[8]
White Boats
White built five boats ranging from 60 to 66 tons in displacement. They could make 18-19 knots. The stern was "cut-up" in a curve to improve steering.
T.B. 79
T.B. 79 was built by Yarrow to slightly different specs. She was 128 feet overall and displaced 25% more at 75 tons. She had V.T.E. engines and two funnels rather than one. Lastly, a reshaped hull form was intended to improve poor steering in the previous Yarrow 125 Footers.[9]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
- ↑ The First Destroyers. p. 8.
- ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1904. pp. 327-331.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
Bibliography
125 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T.B. 26 | T.B. 27 | T.B. 28 | T.B. 29 | T.B. 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T.B. 42 | T.B. 43 | T.B. 44 | T.B. 45 | T.B. 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T.B. 47 | T.B. 48 | T.B. 49 | T.B. 50 | T.B. 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T.B. 52 | T.B. 53 | T.B. 54 | T.B. 55 | T.B. 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T.B. 57 | T.B. 58 | T.B. 59 | T.B. 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T.B. 30 | T.B. 31 | T.B. 32 | T.B. 33 | T.B. 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T.B. 62 | T.B. 63 | T.B. 64 | T.B. 65 | T.B. 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T.B. 67 | T.B. 68 | T.B. 69 | T.B. 70 | T.B. 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T.B. 72 | T.B. 73 | T.B. 74 | T.B. 75 | T.B. 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T.B. 77 | T.B. 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T.B. 34 | T.B. 35 | T.B. 36 | T.B. 37 | T.B. 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yarrow Special | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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<– | H.M. T.B. 81 | First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) | H.M. T.B. 80 | –> |