Which new type of vessel was delivered to the Royal Navy by the Electric Boat company in 1904?
History of the Royal Navy Japanese fleet at the battle of Tsushima straits in 1904 where the Japanese decisively defeated the Russian fleet. Another innovative (though ultimately unsuccessful) concept was the battlecruiser, fast and light but still hard-hitting. However, to achieve this the ship's armour was sacrificed. The result was a potentially fatal weakness. The Royal Navy began developing submarines beginning on 4 February 1901. These submarines were ordered in late 1900 and were built by Vickers under a licensing agreement with the American Electric Boat Company. The first British Holland No. 1 (Type 7) submarine (assembled by Vickers) was 63 feet 4 inches long.
Type system of the Royal Navy were Aircraft-Direction (ADW) Frigates. Type 8X were Multi-Role ships. An Admiralty Fleet Order defined these ships as "Destroyers" if they could achieve "fleet speed" or as "Sloops" if they could not. The following Type numbers are known to have been used, or proposed; Type system of the Royal Navy The Type system is a classification system used by the British Royal Navy to classify surface escorts by function. The system evolved in the early 1950s, when the Royal Navy was experimenting with building single-purpose escort vessels with specific roles in light of experience gained in World War II. The original