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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

TORPEDO SHIPS

TB91 torpedo boats (1894)

nearly sister-ship TB80 1887

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
TB91, 1906- TB091     Thornycroft, Chiswick 1892 1894 1894 sold 10.1919
TB92, 1906- TB092     Thornycroft, Chiswick 1892 1894 1894 sold 1920

 

Displacement normal, t

130

Displacement full, t

141

Length, m

TB91: 43.3

TB92: 42.8

Breadth, m

4.72

Draught, m

2.29

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 4-cyl VTE, 1 Thornycroft boiler

Power, h. p.

2350

Max speed, kts

24.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

3 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 2 - 450 TT

Complement

18

Project history:  TB91 was built slightly longer as an experiment to place the propeller further aft.
Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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