2.-class torpedo boat

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Norweign torpedo boat Lyn, a 2.-class torpedo boat
Class overview
Operators:
Built: 1892–1894
In commission: 1880s–1940s
Planned: 41
Completed: 41
Scrapped: 41
General characteristics
Type: Torpedo boat
Displacement: 42 long tons (43 t)
Complement: 11
Armament:

1 × 37 mm (1.5 in) gun

1 × fixed torpedo tube

The 2.-class torpedo boat was a designation in the Scandinavian countries for a type of fast steam torpedo boats between 40 tons and 80 tons, in service from the 1880s to after World War I. [1]

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Torpedo boat small and fast naval vessel armed with torpedoes

A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other slow and heavily armed ships by using speed, agility, and the power of their torpedo weapons. A number of inexpensive torpedo boats attacking en masse could overwhelm a larger ship's ability to fight them off using its large but cumbersome guns. An inexpensive fleet of torpedo boats could pose a threat to much larger and more expensive fleets of capital ships, albeit only in the coastal areas to which their small size and limited fuel load restricted them.

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Ships in class

Royal Danish Navy

Royal Norwegian Navy

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Royal Swedish Navy

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References

  1. ↑ Pictures of a model of the warship and information about it can be found here: https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66053.html
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