Spider, 1906
Type: Torpedo Boat ; former Coastal Destroyer ; Armament 2 - 12 pdr., 3 - 18 inch tubes.
Launched : 15 Dec 1906 ; Displacement: 261 tons
Complement: 35
Machinery notes: H.P. 3600 = 26 kts Parsons turbine. Oil fuel : 44 / 37 tons. ; Speed ; 26 knots ;
Notes:
5 White boats : 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1906). 261 tons. Were originally named in order given Spider, Sandfly, Firefly Dragonfly. Cricket. To distinguish.- Tubes before and abaft first funnel. No tube before after 13 pdr. position. Funnels wide apart? Aug 1914 Seventh [Torpedo Boat] Flotilla, Tender to Leander