Talbot Class Torpedo Boat (1897)
From The Dreadnought Project
Two Talbot class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in April, 1898.
Construction
These boats were incredibly small, being about one third the displacement of the Davis class boats ordered at the same time.
Armament
- one 1-pdr gun
- two 18-in torpedo tubes on centreline
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).
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