H.M. T.B. 98 (1883)

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H.M. T.B. 98 (1883)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Yard Number: 141[2]
Ordered: 21 December, 1880[3]
Launched: 13 September, 1883[4]
Completed: 1883[5]
Disposed of: After 1898[6]
H.M. T.B. 98 was a second-class torpedo boat built by John I. Thornycroft & Company in order to test the Ruthven "turbine", a type of water-jet propulsion.

Construction

Service

She was slow at 11.75 knots, ungainly, and her oddball engine incredibly loud.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

  • Two 14-in bow torpedo tubes.[8]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314. Date listed as uncertain.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314.
  6. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 314. Listed as "Fate unknown (still extant in 1898)".
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.

Bibliography


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