T.B. 39 Class Torpedo Boat (1889)

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The ten second-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 39 Class were built by Yarrow in 1889.[1]

General Characteristics

Two 14-in torpedoes in dropping gear and one machine gun.[2]

They carried a crew of 9 men.[3]

16.5 tons displacement. 16.5 knots.[4]

Six of these boats were intended to be carried on the depot ship Vulcan.[5]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.

Bibliography


T.B. 39 Class Second-class Torpedo Boat
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