Cricket-class destroyer

	HMS Cricket
Class overview
Name	Cricket class and subsequent classes
Builders	J S White, Thornycroft, Yarrow, Denny, Hawthorn Leslie, Palmer
Operators	Royal Navy
Completed	36
Lost	6
Scrapped	30
General characteristics ; First five (TB.1 to TB.5)
Type	Coastal destroyer (from October 1906, 1st class torpedo boats)
Displacement	247 t normal; ~272 t deep load;
Length	178 ft (54 m) overall, 175 ft (53 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Draught	6 ft 1.5 in (1.867 m)
Propulsion	2 Yarrow boilers, 3 Parsons turbines generating 3,600 shp (2,700 kW) on three shafts
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	21.7–37 t of oil
Complement	39
Armament	2 × 12-pounder guns; 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes;
Notes	White's Cricket class
General characteristics ; Next five (TB.6 to TB.10)
Type	Coastal destroyer (from October 1906, 1st Class torpedo boats)
Displacement	244 t normal; ~268 t deep load;
Length	171 ft 6 in (52.27 m) overall, 166 ft 6 in (50.75 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Draught	6 ft 4.5 in (1.943 m)
Propulsion	2 Yarrow boilers, 3 Parsons turbines generating 3,750 shp (2,800 kW) on three shafts
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	21–35.6 t of oil
Complement	39
Armament	2 × 12-pounder guns; 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes;
Notes	Thornycroft's Gadfly class
General characteristics ; Next pair (TB.11 and TB.12)
Type	Coastal destroyer (from October 1906, 1st Class torpedo boats)
Displacement	264 t normal; ~291 t deep load;
Length	175 ft 9 in (53.57 m) overall, 172 ft 0 in (52.43 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Draught	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) (trials)
Propulsion	2 Yarrow boilers, 3 Parsons turbines generating 4,000 shp (3,000 kW) on three shafts
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) (trials)
Range	23.8–39.5 t of oil
Complement	39
Armament	2 × 12-pounder guns; 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes;
Notes	Yarrow's Mayfly class
General characteristics ; Subsequent 24 boats (TB.13 to TB.36); (average of six builders' designs)
Type	1st class torpedo boats
Displacement	256 t normal; ~306 t deep load;
Length	185 ft (56 m) overall, 177 ft (54 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Draught	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion	2 Yarrow boilers, 3 Parsons turbines generating 4,000 shp (3,000 kW) on three shafts
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Complement	39
Armament	2 × 12-pounder guns; 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes;
Notes	built by six different builders

The Cricket class and following classes of coastal destroyers were a series of small torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs) intended to complement the Royal Navy's Template:Sclass2-s. The thirty-six vessels which broadly comprised this group actually consisted of several distinct classes, as each contractor built to their own designs.

The first twelve vessels (comprising White's Cricket class, Thornycroft's Gadfly class and Yarrow's Mayfly class) were ordered in 1905 and launched in early 1906. In practice they were not strong enough for open ocean operations and were reclassified as 1st class torpedo boats. These first twelve had been given names but in October 1906 - after the first two vessels ran trials but before any had been delivered - all were then given the numbers TB 1 to TB 12 and their names were withdrawn.

The following two batches—each of twelve more boats, comprising TB 13 to TB 24 ordered under the under the 1906–07 Programme, and TB 25 to TB 36 under the 1907–08 Programme—were only ever given numbers and were on average 10 ft (3.0 m) longer. These were only ever classified as 1st class torpedo boats. The last boat was launched in 1909. Those that survived the war (six were wartime losses) were sold off from 1919 to 1921.

They were built by six different yards (thirteen by White at Cowes, nine by Thornycroft at Woolston, Hampshire, four each by Denny at Dumbarton and Hawthorn at Hebburn, and three each by Yarrow at Cubitt Town and Palmers at Jarrow).

The boats differed in detail as each shipbuilder was allowed to construct to their own design, and the designs were modified and enlarged for the later batches, but all had two funnels with one of the torpedo tubes on the stern. These vessels closely resembled the earliest 26-knotter TBDs of 1892–93, having 'turtle-back' forecastles and carried a similar armament.

By 1914 all boats were serving in North Sea Patrol Flotillas or the Nore Local Defence Flotilla. TB 4 and TB 24 won the Battle Honour Belgian Coast 1915. In 1918 the four Denny-built boats were sent to the Mediterranean: TB 17 and TB 18 served at Gibraltar, TB 29 and TB 30 at Malta, where these went to the breakers in 1919.

Boats

Original Name	Number	Builder^[1]	Laid down	Launched^[1]	Completion^[1]	Fate
1905–1906 Programme
Cricket	TB 1	J. Samuel White	12 September 1905	23 January 1906	December 1906	Sold 7 October 1920^[1]
Dragonfly	TB 2	J. Samuel White	15 September 1905	11 March 1906	January 1907	Sold 7 October 1920^[1]
Firefly	TB 3	J. Samuel White	18 September 1905	1 September 1906	February 1907	Sold 7 October 1920^[1]
Sandfly	TB 4	J. Samuel White	18 September 1905	30 October 1906	April 1907	Sold 7 October 1920, Wrecked 11 January 1921 on way to scrapping^[1]
Spider^[2]	TB 5	J. Samuel White	18 September 1905	15 December 1906	1907	Sold for scrapping 7 October 1920.
Gadfly	TB 6	Thornycroft	1 September 1905	24 June 1906	December 1906	Sold 22 October 1920^[1]
Glowworm	TB 7	Thornycroft	25 September 1905	20 December 1906	February 1907	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
Gnat	TB 8	Thornycroft	4 October 1905	1 December 1906	March 1907	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
Grasshopper	TB 9	Thornycroft	1 November 1905	18 March 1907	June 1907	Sank following collision in North Sea, 26 July 1916^[3]
Greenfly	TB 10	Thornycroft	2 November 1905	15 February 1907	May 1907	Mined in North Sea, 10 June 1915^[4]
Mayfly	TB 11	Yarrow	23 November 1905	29 January 1907	May 1907	Mined in North Sea, 17 March 1916^[4]
Moth	TB 12	Yarrow	23 November 1905	15 March 1907	May 1907	Mined in North Sea, 10 June 1915^[4]
1906–1907 Programme
	TB 13	J. Samuel White	14 March 1907	10 July 1907	May 1908	Sank following collision in North Sea, 26 January 1916^[4]
	TB 14	J. Samuel White	18 March 1907	26 September 1907	May 1908	Sold 7 October 1920^[1]
	TB 15	J. Samuel White	20 March 1907	19 November 1907	May 1908	Sold 7 October 1920^[1]
	TB 16	J. Samuel White	12 July 1907	23 December 1907	July 1908	Sold 7 October 1920^[1]
	TB 17	Denny	4 April 1907	21 December 1907	April 1908	Sold 1919 at Gibraltar^[1]
	TB 18	Denny	4 April 1907	15 February 1908	June 1908	Sold 1920 at Gibraltar^[1]
	TB 19	Thornycroft	13 March 1907	7 December 1907	2 June 1908	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 20	Thornycroft	20 March 1907	21 January 1908	19 August 1908	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 21	Hawthorn	7 May 1907	20 December 1907	March 1908	Sold 7 October 1920^[1]
	TB 22	Hawthorn	7 May 1907	1 February 1908	March 1908	Sold 7 October 1920^[1]
	TB 23	Yarrow	10 February 1907	5 December 1907	19 February 1908	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 24	Palmers	2 April 1907	19 March 1908	June 1908	Wrecked off Dover, 28 January 1917^[4]
1907–1908 Programme
	TB 25	J. Samuel White	30 December 1907	28 August 1908	22 January 1909	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 26	J. Samuel White	30 December 1907	28 August 1908	February 1909	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 27	J. Samuel White	2 February 1908	29 September 1908	March 1909	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 28	J. Samuel White	27 February 1908	29 October 1908	8 April 1909	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 29	Denny	20 February 1908	29 September 1908	November 1909	Sold 28 November 1919 at Malta^[1]
	TB 30	Denny	20 February 1908	29 September 1908	January 1910	Sold 28 November 1919 at Malta^[1]
	TB 31	Thornycroft	8 February 1908	10 October 1908	February 1910	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 32	Thornycroft	9 February 1908	23 November 1908	March 1910	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 33	Hawthorn	17 January 1908	22 February 1909	June 1910	Sold 24 August 1922^[1]
	TB 34	Hawthorn	7 February 1908	22 February 1909	August 1910	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]
	TB 35	Palmers	4 February 1908	19 April 1909	August 1910	Sold 24 August 1922^[1]
	TB 36	Palmers	20 March 1908	6 May 1909	September 1910	Sold 9 May 1921^[1]

References

Notes

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^ HMS Spider Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Moore 1997, p. 315.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Dittmar, F. J. and J. J. Colledge. "SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1914–1919 – in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Part 2 of 2)", British Warships 1914–1919. Naval-history.net. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

Bibliography

Friedman, Norman. British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
Moore, John. Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London:Studio, 1990. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 1985, Conway Maritime Press pp. 72–73

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[2] HMS Spider Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[jfsww1_p315-3] Moore 1997, p. 315.

[ditt2-4] Dittmar, F. J. and J. J. Colledge. "SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1914–1919 – in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Part 2 of 2)", British Warships 1914–1919. Naval-history.net. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

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Destroyer flotilla leaders	Swift^S Faulknor Marksman Parker Thornycroft (or Shakespeare)^C Admiralty (or Scott)^C
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Torpedo boats	TB 81^S TB 98 TB 109 TB 114 Cricket^G
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