As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919
British Navy - Destroyers
5 Thorneycroft " S "
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SPEEDY Photo: Messrs Thornycroft (Builders)
5 Thornycroft: Speedy, Tobago, Torbay, Toreador, Tourmaline.
- 1087 tons.
- Length: 266.75 (p.p.), 275.75 (o.a.) x 27.33 x 9 feet (mean) draught.
- Guns: 3-4 inch (Mk. IV with 30� elevation). 1-2 pdr. pom-pom.
- Tubes: 4-21 inch in pairs.
- Machinery: Brown-Curtis (all-geared) turbines. 2 screws. Designed S.H.P. 29,000 = 36 kts. Boilers: Yarrow. Oil: about 300/:350 tons.
- Complement, 90.
General Notes.-Emergency War Programme boats; otherwise as " General Notes" to Admiralty S Class. No War Losses.
To distinguish.-From Admiralty S and Yarrow S: note that fo'xle 4 inch is raised: big funnels ; stand higher out of water. From other classes, distinction notes as for Admiralty S boats.
| |
Begun. |
Launch. |
Comp. |
Trials |
| Speedy |
5/17 |
1/6/18 |
8/18 |
38.51 |
| Tobago |
7/17 |
15/7/18 |
10/18 |
38.21 |
| Torbay |
11/17 |
6/3/19 |
7/19 |
...... |
| Toreador |
11/17 |
7/12/18 |
4/19 |
36.40 |
| Tourmaline |
1/18 |
4/19 |
1919 |
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Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 - p 114
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