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The torpedo boat tender was a type of warship developed at the end of the 19th century to help bring small torpedo boat to the high seas, and launch them for attack.〔Randier, p.448〕 During the Turko-Russian war in 1877, the Russians requisitionned 19 trade vessels to convert them as torpedo boat tenders.〔Naval Warfare, 1815-1914 By Lawrence Sondhaus p.123 ()〕 ''Velikiy Knyaz Konstantin'' was the first historical vessel in this new ship class. She was captained by Stepan Makarov, who was major naval engineer, early practitioner of torpedo usage and the author of concept of torpedo boat tender. On 14 January 1878, Makarov performed the first successful attack by self-propelled torpedoes in history. The Turkish ship ''Intibah'' was destroyed by torpedo boats launched from ''Velikiy Knyaz Konstantin''. In 1878, the British Navy commissioned the ''Hecla'' as a torpedo boat tender,〔Naval Warfare, 1815-1914 By Lawrence Sondhaus p.125 ()〕 followed by HMS Vulcan (1889). The 1896 French ship ''Foudre'' was a torpedo boat tender, before it was converted to a seaplane carrier. During World War II, the type evolved and in the US adopted the designation of Motor torpedo boat tender (AGP, or "Patrol Craft Tender", according to the United States Navy hull classification system). ==Gallery== File:Torpedoe boat tender Foudre.jpg|The 1896 torpedo boat tender ''Foudre'' File:La Foudre tending torpedo boats bf 1923.jpg|''Foudre'' tending torpedo boats 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「torpedo boat tender」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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