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UNITED KINGDOM
TORPEDO SHIPS
TB74 torpedo boats (4, 1883)


Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarded

TB74, 75

TB96, 97

Yarrow, Poplar: TB74, 75, 96, 97

1883: TB74, 75, 96, 97

none

none

1902: TB97

1903: TB75

1906: TB74, 96



Technical data


Displacement normal, t

12

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

TB74, 75: 18.5 pp

TB96, 97: 19.4 pp

Breadth, m

2.36

Draught, m1.07
No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 2-cyl VC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.220
Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 11.4/94, 2 - 356 TT (bow)

Complement

7



Project history

The concept of purpose-built small TBs capable of being lifted by the davits of large ships seems to have originated with the Royal Navy; certainly more were built for that service than for any other. One TB carrier, Vulcan, was specially built to carry them, and for some years numbers of this type of boat were built. However, in the long run experience showed it was better to use the slower but much sturdier and more seaworthy steam pinnaces for this purpose, rather than the frail specially built Second Class boats.

The torpedoes were fired by steam.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.