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TB17

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
TB17		419	Yarrow, Poplar	1878	1878	1878	Discarded 1907
TB18		420	Yarrow, Poplar	1878	1878	1878	Discarded 1902

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	33
Displacement full, t
Length, m	26.2 oa 24.6 pp
Breadth, m	3.35
Draught, m	1.37
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 2-cyl VC, 1 locomotive boiler
Power, h. p.	450
Max speed, kts	21
Fuel, t	coal 5
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 356 TT (2)
Complement	15

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hip project history

These two boats were built for Russia when the Russo-Turkish War and the subsequent war scare caused the Admiralty to purchase them. They were described as 'notoriously shaky and weak in construction', and had to be virtually rebuilt. Their propeller shaft projected underneath the rudder, and their conning towers were aft. They had the usual two funnels abreast, typical of Yarrow boats of the time.

Modernizations

1880s, both: - 1 x 1 - 356 TT; + 2 - 356 TC

Naval service

TB17 was used for some spectacular 'boom jumping' trials in 1887 at Malta, where she was finally sold.