MODEL SHIP PLANS 1/87 SCALE Tribal class Destroyer FULL SIZE PRINTED PLANS

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Listing is for Full Size Printed Plans and Building Article
H.M.S. MOHAWK
Tribal class
Torpedo Bo
at
Destroye
r
1905
Scale 1/87 ‘HO’
Length 37”
Beam 3 ¼”
Radio Control
by
M. J. Dodgson
HMS
Mohawk
was one of twelve
Tribal
class ocean going torpedo boat destroyers ordered in three groups between 1905 and 1908
.
They were originally to have been turbine- engined developments of the previous
River
class of TBDs, but on the intervention of the then new First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir John Fisher, this scheme was scrapped and a new directive for the design was issued. Utilising experience gained from the trials of three special turbine-engined destroyers, HMS
Viper, Cobra
and
Ve/ox
(the results of
Viper
being very encouraging with a speed of 37 knots being reached on one trial run) the
Tribals
were to be the first class of warships to be built with turbine engines
.
Admiral Fisher directed that they
should not only be capable of 33 knots but burn fuel oil instead of coal; this was truly revolutionary. Firms tendering for their construction certainly had some difficult problems to overcome to design and construct such advanced ships, for the use of marine turbines and oil boiler-firing were in their infancy at that time.
FULL SIZE PRINTED PLAN
on a
SHEET
56” x 24”
FOUR PAGES of HISTORY,PHOTOS and BUILDING NOTES
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