TB81 1887
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| TB81 (ex-Swift), 1906- TB081 | White, Cowes | 1884 | 1885 | 1885 | sold 10.1921 |
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Displacement normal, t |
137 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
46.9 oa 45.72 pp |
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Breadth, m |
5.34 |
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Draught, m |
2.90 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 2-cyl VC, 1 locomotive boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
1300 |
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Max speed, kts |
23.0 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 35 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 - 356 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 356 TT |
|
Complement |
25 |
Project history: In 1888 White began building as a private venture, with an eye to Admiralty purchase, a larger version of their 'turnabout' boat equipped with the cut-up stern, a ram bow with a spur ram, and referred to her as a 'torpedo boat destroyer'. In 1885 the Admiralty was glad to buy this formidable vessel just before she ran her first trials. She was purchased and named TB81 in 1888.
Modernizations: 1905: was reboilered with 2 water-tube boilers
1916: + 2 DCR
Naval service: After war service as a patrol craft she was broken up in 1921.
TB81 as completed
TB81 after reboilering
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