H.M. T.B. 18 (1878)

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H.M. T.B. 18 (1878)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Ordered: Purchased mid-1878[2]
Launched: 1878[3]
Completed: 1878[4]
Sold: 1902[5]
H.M. T.B. 18 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Construction

T.B. 18 was one of two torpedo boats being built for Russia by Yarrow that were taken over by the Royal Navy after "very complicated negotiations" during the Russo-Turkish War.[6]

Service

In August 1880, shortly after her purchase, T.B. 18 was ordered to Portsmouth to take part in the naval review at Spithead along with her sister T.B. 17.[7]

In 1881, there were twenty first-class torpedo boats in all, and T.B. 18, and like most of her companions, she fitted for Whitehead. She was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.[8]

In 1895, she was one of eleven first-class T.B.s stationed in Gibraltar.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 10 August, 1878. Issue 29330, col D, p. 11.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  6. Brown. Steam Torpedo Boats. p. 78.
  7. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 10 August, 1878. Issue 29330, col D, p. 11.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  10. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 309.
  11. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 309.

Bibliography

  • Brown, David K. (2005). Jordan, John. ed. "Steam Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy". Warship 2005: pp. 73-96.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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