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With twenty-nine units completed, the '''T.B. 26 Class Torpedo Boats''' from [[Thornycroft]] were the [[Royal Navy]]'s largest single stripe of first-class torpedo boats.
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Britain built fifty-eight first-class torpedo boats called '''125 Footers''' in reaction to the war scare with Russia.  Three were lost to accidents, one was sunk in the [[Great War]].  The remainder were sold or broken up at various dates, mostly after the war.
  
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They were refinements of lessons learned in {{UK-TB25}}.
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T.B. 25 built by [[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] served as the prototype.
  
 
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 53 vessels
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|-
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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|-
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! align=center | Name
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! align=center | Builder
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! align=center | Laid Down
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! align=center | Launched
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! align=center | Completed
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! align=center | Fate
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-1TB25}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
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|7 Oct, 1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB26}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB27}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB28}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Stranded 1898
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB29}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB41}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB42}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB43}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB44}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB45}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB46}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1920
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB47}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1908
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB48}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1905
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB49}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB50}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1920
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB51}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1913
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB52}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB53}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1913
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB54}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
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|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB55}}
 +
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
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|29 Aug, 1886
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|
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|Sold 23 Feb, 1920
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB56}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
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|29 Aug, 1886
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|
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|Sunk 17 May, 1906
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB57}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
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|29 Aug, 1886
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|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB58}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
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|29 Aug, 1886
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|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB59}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
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|29 Aug, 1886
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|
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|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB60}}
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
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|
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|29 Aug, 1886
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|
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|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB30}}
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|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
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|1885
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|
 +
|Broken up 1914
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB31}}
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|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
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|1885
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|
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|Sold 1913
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB32}}
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|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
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|1885
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|
 +
|Broken up 1914
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB33}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB61}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1909
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB62}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Broken up 1914
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB63}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB64}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 21 Mar, 1915
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB65}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB66}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1920
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB67}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1920
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB68}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1920
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB69}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1910
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB70}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB71}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1923
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB72}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Broken up 1914
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB73}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Broken up 1914
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB74}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1920
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB75}}
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|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Collision 1892
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB76}}
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|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1920
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB77}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
 +
|
 +
|Sold 1920
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB78}}
 +
|[[Yarrow & Company]]
 +
|
 +
|1885
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|
 +
|Sold 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB34}}
 +
|[[J. Samuel White]]
 +
|
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|1885
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|
 +
|Broken up 1919
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB35}}
 +
|[[J. Samuel White]]
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|
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|1885
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|
 +
|Broken up 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-1TB36}}
 +
|[[J. Samuel White]]
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|
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|1885
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|
 +
|Broken up 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB37}}
 +
|[[J. Samuel White]]
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|
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|1885
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|
 +
|Broken up 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB38}}
 +
|[[J. Samuel White]]
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|
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|1885
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|
 +
|Broken up 1919
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-TB79}}
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|[[Yarrow & Company]]
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|
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|1886
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|
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|Broken up 1919
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|}
 
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==Armament==
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==Common Characteristics==
 
A single bow-mounted tube for 14-in Whitehead torpedoes.  By the early 1900s, this had been removed.{{Conways1860|p. 103}}
 
A single bow-mounted tube for 14-in Whitehead torpedoes.  By the early 1900s, this had been removed.{{Conways1860|p. 103}}
  
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Two 3-pdrs and two 2-barrel Nordenfeld M.G.s (some of these, possibly just the Nordenfelds, were replaced by 0.45-in 5-barrel M.G.s){{Conways1860|p. 103}}
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Two 3-pdrs and two 2-barrel Nordenfelt M.G.s (some of these, possibly just the Nordenfelds, were replaced by 0.45-in 5-barrel M.G.s){{Conways1860|p. 103}}
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An alternative armament permitted them to land the 3-pdrs for two pairs of deck torpedo tubes, making an estimable five tubes.{{Conways1860|p. 103}}  When fitted out in this torpedo-heavy manner, they were referred to as "torpedo boat destroyers" &ndash; a precocious use of the term.{{LyonFirstDestroyers|p. 8}}  The practice of providing for alternative armaments along these lines was abolished in 1888, at least for new construction.{{ARTS1888|p. 9}}
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In mid-1904, the Royal Navy ordered the replacement of two 5-barrel .45-in Nordenfelt machine guns with .45-in Maxim guns on each of 57 first-class torpedo boats.  This figure must have included the remaining numbers of this class.{{PQDNO1904|pp. 327-331}}
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==T.B. 25==
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The ship featured a fixed torpedo tube in a "bull-nose" bow equipped with a ram.  This shape was glaringly unsuccessful and she had to be altered to a straight bow which caused her to lose her tube.{{Conways1860|p. 102}}
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==Thornycroft Boats==
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Thornycroft produced two batches of four and twenty vessels.  Power levels of 700-750 I.H.P. delivered speeds ranging from 19.5 to 21.5 knots.  All eventually had the bull-nose of T.B. 25 removed, which cost them their bow tube.{{Conways1860|p. 102}}
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==Yarrow Boats==
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Yarrow produced two batches of four and eighteen vessels.{{Conways1860|p. 103}}
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==White Boats==
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White built five boats ranging from 60 to 66 tons in displacement.  They could make 18-19 knots.  The stern was "cut-up" in a curve to improve steering.
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==T.B. 79==
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T.B. 79 was built by Yarrow to slightly different specs.  She was 128 feet overall and displaced 25% more at 75 tons. She had {{VTE}} engines and two funnels rather than one. Lastly, a reshaped hull form was intended to improve poor steering in the previous Yarrow 125 Footers.{{Conways1860|p. 103}}
  
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An alternative armament permitted them to land the 3-pdrs for two "pairs" of deck torpedo tubes, which almost certainly means just two tubes.{{INF}}{{Conways1860|p. 103}}
 
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
  
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{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  
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{{Footer T.B. 26 Class Torpedo Boat (1878)}}
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{{Footer 125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)}}
  
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{{DEFAULTSORT:26}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:125}}
  
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{{CatClassTorpedoBoat|UK}}
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{{CatClassFirstClassTorpedoBoat|UK}}
  
 
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<!-- data
  
 
nat=UK
 
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type=first-class torpedo boat
 
type=first-class torpedo boat
 
prefix=H.M.
 
prefix=H.M.
  
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chain=Destroyers
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{group
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name=Prototype
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}
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{ship
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name=T.B. 25
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pend=
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builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 102}}
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order=24 February, 1885{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
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laid=
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launch=7 October, 1885{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
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comm=
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fate=Sold
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fatedate=1919{{Conways1906|p. 18}}
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}
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{group
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name=Thornycroft Boats
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}
  
 
{ship
 
{ship
 
name=T.B. 26
 
name=T.B. 26
 
pend=
 
pend=
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builder=[[Thornycroft]]{{Conways1860|p. 102}}
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laid=
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launch=1878{{Conways1860|p. 102.  The date of launch is imprecise}}
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comm=
 
comm=
 
fate=Sold
 
fate=Sold
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fatedate=1919{{Conways1860|p. 102.  Some of this class lingered on another year}}
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}
 
}
  
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}
  
 
{ship
 
{ship
 
name=T.B. 55
 
name=T.B. 55
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fatedate=23 February, 1920{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 310}}
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order=30 April/1 May, 1885{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 310}}
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name=T.B. 55
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launch=29 August, 1886{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 310.  The date is listed as uncertain}}
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}
 
}
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{group
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name=Yarrow Boats
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}
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{ship
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name=T.B. 30
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pend=
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builder=[[Yarrow & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 103}}
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order=
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laid=
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launch=1885{{Conways1860|p. 103.  The date of launch is imprecise}}
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comm=
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Britain built fifty-eight first-class torpedo boats called 125 Footers in reaction to the war scare with Russia. Three were lost to accidents, one was sunk in the Great War. The remainder were sold or broken up at various dates, mostly after the war.

T.B. 25 built by John I. Thornycroft & Company served as the prototype.

Common Characteristics

A single bow-mounted tube for 14-in Whitehead torpedoes. By the early 1900s, this had been removed.[1]

Two 3-pdrs and two 2-barrel Nordenfelt M.G.s (some of these, possibly just the Nordenfelds, were replaced by 0.45-in 5-barrel M.G.s)[2]

An alternative armament permitted them to land the 3-pdrs for two pairs of deck torpedo tubes, making an estimable five tubes.[3] When fitted out in this torpedo-heavy manner, they were referred to as "torpedo boat destroyers" – a precocious use of the term.[4] The practice of providing for alternative armaments along these lines was abolished in 1888, at least for new construction.[5]

In mid-1904, the Royal Navy ordered the replacement of two 5-barrel .45-in Nordenfelt machine guns with .45-in Maxim guns on each of 57 first-class torpedo boats. This figure must have included the remaining numbers of this class.[6]

T.B. 25

The ship featured a fixed torpedo tube in a "bull-nose" bow equipped with a ram. This shape was glaringly unsuccessful and she had to be altered to a straight bow which caused her to lose her tube.[7]

Thornycroft Boats

Thornycroft produced two batches of four and twenty vessels. Power levels of 700-750 I.H.P. delivered speeds ranging from 19.5 to 21.5 knots. All eventually had the bull-nose of T.B. 25 removed, which cost them their bow tube.[8]

Yarrow Boats

Yarrow produced two batches of four and eighteen vessels.[9]

White Boats

White built five boats ranging from 60 to 66 tons in displacement. They could make 18-19 knots. The stern was "cut-up" in a curve to improve steering.

T.B. 79

T.B. 79 was built by Yarrow to slightly different specs. She was 128 feet overall and displaced 25% more at 75 tons. She had V.T.E. engines and two funnels rather than one. Lastly, a reshaped hull form was intended to improve poor steering in the previous Yarrow 125 Footers.[10]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  4. ↑ The First Destroyers. p. 8.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1888. p. 9.
  6. ↑ Principal Questions Dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance, 1904. pp. 327-331.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  9. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  10. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.

Bibliography


125 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Prototype
  T.B. 25  
Thornycroft Boats
T.B. 26 T.B. 27 T.B. 28 T.B. 29 T.B. 41
T.B. 42 T.B. 43 T.B. 44 T.B. 45 T.B. 46
T.B. 47 T.B. 48 T.B. 49 T.B. 50 T.B. 51
T.B. 52 T.B. 53 T.B. 54 T.B. 55 T.B. 56
  T.B. 57 T.B. 58 T.B. 59 T.B. 60  
Yarrow Boats
T.B. 30 T.B. 31 T.B. 32 T.B. 33 T.B. 61
T.B. 62 T.B. 63 T.B. 64 T.B. 65 T.B. 66
T.B. 67 T.B. 68 T.B. 69 T.B. 70 T.B. 71
T.B. 72 T.B. 73 T.B. 74 T.B. 75 T.B. 76
  T.B. 77 T.B. 78  
White Boats
T.B. 34 T.B. 35 T.B. 36 T.B. 37 T.B. 38
Yarrow Special
  T.B. 79  
<– H.M. T.B. 81 Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>
<– H.M. T.B. 81 First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>
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