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Name: T B 24
Type: Torpedo Boat
Keel: 02/04/1907
Launched: 19/03/1908
Completed: 19/06/1909
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 795
Dimensions: 306disp, 185.0 x 18.5 x 6.0(draft)ft
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines, 3750hp
Engines by: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 3 x Screws, 26.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 1 x 12pdr guns; 3 x 1 x 18ins torpedoes
History:
19/06/1909 British Royal Navy
28/01/1917 Wrecked
Comments: Member of the Cricket Class of Torpedo Boats
28/01/1917: Wrecked on Dover breakwater


Above photo showing 1st of class TB01 is copyright of the Imperial War Museum