113 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1884)

Four first-class torpedo boats were ordered in 1884 and were called 113-Footers due to their length (which was actually a half foot longer).

Overview of 4 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
T.B. 21	John I. Thornycroft & Company		1884		Sold 1907
T.B. 22	John I. Thornycroft & Company		1884		Sold 1907
T.B. 23	Yarrow & Company		1884		Sold 1905
T.B. 24	Yarrow & Company		1884		Sold 1904

T.B. 21 and T.B. 22 were built by John I. Thornycroft & Company and displaced 64 tons and could make 20 knots.

T.B. 23 and T.B. 24 were Yarrow & Company-built boats of 67 tons, capable of 18.75 knots.

Armament

The torpedo director was placed in the conning tower. The officer there directed the bearing he wanted the aft swivel mount to be trained via voicepipe, and himself fired the torpedo electrically, which seems quite innovative for the era.

• two-three tubes for 14-in Whitehead torpedoes, 1-2 in the bow and one on the deck, aft.
• one or two Nordenfelt 3-pdrs

Bibliography

113 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat

Thornycroft Boats

T.B. 21

T.B. 22

Yarrow Boats

T.B. 23

T.B. 24

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