| As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 |
British Navy - Destroyers
5 Thorneycroft " R " |
| Page 106 |
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TAURUS Photo, Messrs. Thornycroft (Builders).
5 Thornycroft: Radiant, Retriever, Rosalind. 1034-7 tons.
- Dimensions: 274 (o.a.) x 27' 6" x 11 feet (max.) draught.
Also Taurus, Teaser. 1064 tons.
- Dimensions: 274' 3" (o.a.) x 27 x 11 feet. (max.) draught.
Following details for all six (sic) boats :
- Length (p.p.), 265 feet. Mean draught, 8' 6".
- Guns: 3-4 inch, 1-2 pdr. pom-pom, 1 M.G. Tubes : 4-21 inch in pairs.
- Machinery : Brown-Curtis (all-geared) turbines, 2 screws. Designed S.H.P. 29,000 = 35 kts, Boilers: 3 Yarrow. Oil fuel: about 285/220 tons.
- Complement, 82.
General Notes: All War Emergency Programme. Are separated from the "Thornycroft M's" in the same way as the " Admiralty R's " are divided from the " Admiralty M's," viz., by after 4 inch guns being in bandstand and machinery being " all-geared " turbines. No War Losses.
| |
Begun. |
Launch. |
Comp. |
Trials. |
| Radiant |
12/15 |
5/11/16 |
2/17 |
39.67 |
| Retriever |
1/16 |
15/1/17 |
3/17 |
36.8 |
| Rosalind |
10/15 |
14/10/16 |
12/16 |
37.09 |
| Taurus |
3/16 |
10/3/17 |
5/17 |
39.27 |
| Teazer |
3/16 |
21/4/17 |
7/17 |
40.22 |
Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919 - p 106
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