2 Beardmore : Tactician, Tara.
9 Clydebank : Scimitar, Scotsman, Scout, Scythe, Seabear, Seafire, Searcher, Seawolf, Simoom.
6 Denny: Senator, Sepoy, Seraph, Serapis, Serene, Sesame.
2 Doxford : Shamrock, Shikarl.
5 Fairfield: Sikh, Sirdar, Somme, Spear, Spindrift.
4 Hawthorn Leslie: Tenedos, Thanet, Thracian, Turbulent.
4 Palmer: Steadfast, Sterling, Stonehenge, Stormcloud.
4 Scott: Strenuous, Stronghold, Sturdy, Swallow.
3 Stephen: Sabre, Saladin. Sardonyx.
6 Swan Hunter: Shark, Sparrowhawk, Splendid, Sportive, Tilbury, Tintaqel.
5 White: Tribune, Trinidad, Trojan, Truant, Trusty.

• 1075 tons. Dimensions 265 (p.p.) 275-277 (o.a.) x 26.66 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 : Turbines (all-geared type). Brown Curtis (A.G.) in all except following:-Palmer boats, Parson. (A.G.) ; Tilbury, Tintagel, Parsons (A.G.). Designed S.H.P. 27,000 = 36 kts. 2 screws. Yarrow boilers in all, except White boats with White-Forster. Oil: about 300/250 tons.
• Complement, 90.

General Notes.-Emergency War Programme boats, but cost of completion of about 40 boats may come under post-war Estimates. Design derived from " Admiralty Modified R " boats. Came into service with a single 14 inch tube on each beam (mounted on turntables or racks) at break of fo'xle, making six tubes in all. These 14 inch have now been removed. Reported to be not quite so successful as the Admiralty M's and R's. No War Losses. Saturn, Sycamore (both Stephen) cancelled. Stalwart, Success, Swordsman, Tattoo, Tasmania, presented to Royal Australian Navy, 1918.

To distinguish. Long fo'xle. sheered and slightly turtle-backed. Funnels about equal in size, the extra height of fore funnel not being very prominent. Wedge-shaped bridges built off fo'xle, and open underneath. Features in these boats which also appear in the R and Modified R types are: Mounting of searchlight on after pair of tubes: pom-pom on platform just before mainmast: after 4 inch in bandstand: boats abeam of 2nd funnel.

Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919 - p 103

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