HMS TB 4 (1906)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS TB 4
BuilderJ. Samuel White, Cowes
Laid down18 September 1905
Launched30 October 1906
CompletedApril 1907
Commissioned17 April 1907
FateRan aground 11 January 1921 and scrapped
General characteristics
Class & typeCricket-class coastal destroyer
Displacement268 long tons (272 t)
Length171 ft 6 in (52.27 m) oa
Beam17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Draught6 ft 4+12 in (1.943 m)
Installed power3,750 shp (2,800 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Yarrow boilers
  • Parsons steam turbines
  • 3 shafts
Speed26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Complement39
Armament
  • 2 × 12-pounder (76 mm) guns
  • 3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS TB 4 (originally named HMS Sandfly) was a Cricket-class coastal destroyer or torpedo-boat of the British Royal Navy. TB 4 was built by the shipbuilder J S White from 1905 to 1907. She served in the Dover Patrol in the First World War and survived the war. She ran aground on the way to be scrapped on 11 January 1921 and was broken up in situ.