T.B. 39 Class Torpedo Boat (1882)

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The two torpedo boats of the 'T.B. 39 Class were Yarrow-built boats of 100 feet and 40 tons originally built for Chile.

Armament

A single (bow-mounted?) tube for 14-in Whitehead torpedoes and two 1-in twin barrelled Nordenfelds. By 1900, they were rearmed with two 14-in torpedoes in dropping gear and 0.45-in 5-barrelled Nordenfelds.[1]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.

Bibliography

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