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36 photos tagged torpedoboats, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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• torpedoes
• usnavy
• unitedstatesnavy
• usscushingtb1
• shipbuilding
• torpedoboat
• herreshoffmanufacturingcompany
• warship
• ship
• sailors
• usn
• trials
• navalyards
• navalstations
• usscushing
• tb1
• tb6
• cushingtorpedoboat
• torpedoboatno1
• torpedoboat1
• cushingclass
• johnissacthornycroft18431928
• ussporter
• ussportertb6

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• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 34 photos
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• Bibliothèque de Toulouse 1 photo

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[U.S. Navy Torpedo Boats in Drydock, Herreshoff Manufacturing Company]

from SMU Libraries Digital Collections

• aback action said:

  Beautifully sleek

[USS Stiletto, USS Cushing in Narragansett Bay, Herreshoff Manufacturing Company]

from SMU Libraries Digital Collections

• Aussie-Pete 4 said:

  Awesome shot !

Torpedo boat, speed with 6 tons on board, 20.8 knots per hour.

from SMU Libraries Digital Collections

• arensee said:

  There is an error in the caption ;-(( Speed is sometimes incorrectly expressed as "knots per hour", which is in fact a measure of acceleration. See Wiki page for Knot = speed. This old fogey cannot paste a working link to the right page ;-((

• jdshephe46 said:

  This may be one of the TB 63 series second class torpedo boats procured by the British Royal Navy from the Herreshoff Company, Bristol, RI, USA. According to _The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889_, By David Lyon and Rif Winfield, these were the only steam powered vessels purchased by the RN from an overseas provider during the 19th Century.