Cricket-class coastal destroyer


Class overview
HMS Cricket
Builders:	J S White, Thornycroft, Yarrow, Denny, Hawthorn Leslie, Palmer
Completed:	36
General characteristics
Displacement:	225-255 t normal ~400 t deep load
Length:	175–180 ft (53–55 m) o/a
Beam:	17.5–18 ft (5.3–5.5 m)
Draught:	6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion:	2 Yarrow boilers, 3 Parsons turbines generating 3,750 shp on three shafts
Speed:	26 kn
Range:	20-25 t of oil
Complement:	35
Armament:	2 × 12-pounder guns 3 × 18-inch torpedo tubes

The Cricket-class coastal destroyers were a class of small torpedo boat destroyers intended to complement the Royal Navy's Tribal-class destroyers.

The first Cricket and Dragonfly 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. The first twelve had been given names but were then given the numbers TB1 to TB12; the following two batches of 12 boats were only ever given numbers and were 10 ft longer. The last boat was launched in 1909. Those that survived the war were sold off from 1920 to 1921

They were built by six different yards (13 by White at Cowes, 9 by Thornycroft at Woolston, Hampshire, 4 each by Denny at Dumbarton and Hawthorn at Hebburn, 3 each by Yarrow at Cubitt Town and Palmers at Jarrow. The boats differed in detail but all had two funnels with one of the torpedo tubes on the stern.

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 four 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.

Boats

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 October 1920^[1]
Dragonfly	TB 2	J. Samuel White	15 September 1905	11 March 1906	January 1907	Sold October 1920^[1]
Firefly	TB 3	J. Samuel White	18 September 1905	1 September 1906	February 1907	Sold October 1920^[1]
Sandfly	TB 4	J. Samuel White	18 September 1905	30 October 1906	April 1907	Sold May 1920, Wrecked on way to scrapping^[1]
Spider^[2]	TB 5	J. Samuel White	18 September 1905	15 December 1906	1907	Sold for scrapping October 1920.
Gadfly	TB 6	Thornycroft	1 September 1905	24 June 1906	December 1906	Sold October 1920^[1]
Glowworm	TB 7	Thornycroft	25 September 1905	20 December 1906	February 1907	Sold May 1921^[1]
Gnat	TB 8	Thornycroft	4 October 1905	1 December 1906	March 1907	Sold 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 North Sea, 10 June 1915^[4]
Mayfly	TB 11	Yarrow	23 November 1905	29 January 1907	May 1907	Mined North Sea, 17 March 1916^[4]
Moth	TB 12	Yarrow	23 November 1905	15 March 1907	May 1907	Mined 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 October 1920^[1]
	TB 15	J. Samuel White	20 March 1907	19 November 1907	May 1908	Sold October 1920^[1]
	TB 16	J. Samuel White	12 July 1907	23 December 1907	July 1908	Sold January 1921^[1]
	TB 17	Denny	4 April 1907	21 December 1907	April 1908	Sold 1919^[1]
	TB 18	Denny	4 April 1907	15 February 1908	June 1908	Sold 1920^[1]
	TB 19	Thornycroft	13 March 1907	7 December 1907	2 June 1908	Sold May 1921^[1]
	TB 20	Thornycroft	20 March 1907	21 January 1908	19 August 1908	Sold May 1921^[1]
	TB 21	Hawthorn	7 May 1907	20 December 1907	March 1908	Sold October 1920^[1]
	TB 22	Hawthorn	7 May 1907	1 February 1908	March 1908	Sold October 1920^[1]
	TB 23	Yarrow	10 February 1907	5 December 1907	19 February 1908	Sold 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 May 1921^[1]
	TB 26	J. Samuel White	30 December 1907	28 August 1908	February 1909	Sold May 1921^[1]
	TB 27	J. Samuel White	2 February 1908	29 September 1908	March 1909	Sold May 1921^[1]
	TB 28	J. Samuel White	27 February 1908	29 October 1908	8 April 1909	Sold May 1921^[1]
	TB 29	Denny	20 February 1908	29 September 1908	November 1909	Sold November 1919^[1]
	TB 30	Denny	20 February 1908	29 September 1908	January 1910	Sold November 1919^[1]
	TB 31	Thornycroft	8 February 1908	10 October 1908	February 1910	Sold May 1921^[1]
	TB 32	Thornycroft	9 February 1908	23 November 1908	March 1910	Sold May 1921^[1]
	TB 33	Hawthorn	17 January 1908	22 February 1909	June 1910	Sold August 1922^[1]
	TB 34	Hawthorn	7 February 1908	22 February 1909	August 1910	Sold May 1921^[1]
	TB 35	Palmers	4 February 1908	19 April 1909	August 1910	Sold August 1922^[1]
	TB 36	Palmers	20 March 1908	6 May 1909	September 1910	Sold May 1921^[1]

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Friedman 2009, p. 305.
↑ HMS Spider Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Moore 1997, p. 315.
1 2 3 4 5 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

British naval ship classes of the First World War

Aircraft/Seaplane carriers	Empress^S^V Riviera^S^V Engadine^S^V Ark Royal^S Ben-my-Chree^S^V Campania^S^V Raven II^S^V Anne^S^V Vindex^S^V Manxman^S^V Furious^M Pegasus^S^V Nairana^S^V Argus^S^V Vindictive^S^V

Dreadnought battleships	Dreadnought^S Bellerophon St Vincent Neptune^S Colossus Orion King George V Erin^S Agincourt^S Iron Duke Canada^S Queen Elizabeth Revenge

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Royal Sovereign Majestic Canopus Formidable Duncan King Edward VII Swiftsure Lord Nelson

Battlecruisers	Invincible Indefatigable Lion Queen Mary^S Tiger^S Renown Courageous Admiral^S^C Incomparable^X

Armoured cruisers	Cressy Drake Monmouth Devonshire Duke of Edinburgh Warrior Minotaur

Heavy cruisers	Hawkins

Light cruisers	Town^G Arethusa C^{G, C} Danae^C Emerald^A

Protected cruisers	Apollo Astraea Eclipse Blake Pearl Edgar Powerful Diadem Arrogant Pelorus Highflyer Challenger Topaze

Scout cruisers	Adventure Forward Pathfinder Sentinel Boadicea Blonde Active

Destroyer flotilla leaders	Swift^S Faulknor Marksman Parker Admiralty (or Scott)^C Thornycroft (or Shakespeare)^C

Destroyers	A^G B^G C^G D^G E^G F Cricket^G G H I K L Admiralty M Hawthorn M Thornycroft M Yarrow M Yarrow Later M R^G S^{G, C} Talisman V and W^{G, C}

Monitors	Marshal Ney Abercrombie Lord Clive Humber Gorgon M15 M29 Erebus

Minesweepers	Flower Racecourse Hunt 24^C

Gunboats	Fly Insect

Submarines	A B C D E F G H^C J K L^C M^C R^C Swordfish^S V

A All completed after the war C One or more completed after the war G Grouping of several classes M converted from Courageous class S Single ship of class V Conversions X Cancelled

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