H.M. T.B. 22 (1884)

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H.M. T.B. 22 (1885)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: 19 January, 1884[2]
Launched: 5 May, 1885[3]
Sold: 1907[4]

H.M. T.B. 22 was one of four first-class torpedo boats of the 113 Footer class.

Around 1906-1907, with the issuance of torpedo boat numbers to the first of the Cricket class torpedo boats, the existing Torpedo Boats numbered 25 to 79 had a "0" prepended to their number. This vessel, therefore, became T.B. 022.[5]

Construction

The design of T.B. 21 and T.B. 22 was based on the earlier Childers built for the Victorian Navy of Australia.[6]

Service

During the crisis following the Panjdeh Incident in 1885, T.B. 22 was put into commission as part of Admiral Phipps Hornby's Particular Service Squadron on 28 April, and was later involved in the year's Annual Manoeuvres at Berehaven.[7]

On 25 May 1885, she underwent full power testing in the Solent, delivering results nearly identical to those of her sister, T.B. 21. She developed 730 horsepower at 388 R.P.M., making 29.972 knots over three hours.[8]

In mid-1885, she served as the platform to test Baron Adelsward's new fuel consumption idea involving coal and oil in dock and underway at Portsmouth. They produced dense amounts of disagreeable smoke and experiments were suspended.[9]

T.B. 21 was recommissioned on 18 March, 1886 for transfer to the Mediterranean with T.B. 22.[10] She departed Plymouth on 4 April for the Mediterranean.[11][12] She was paid off on 22 June, 1886.[13][Inference]

In 1895, she was one of ten first-class torpedo boats stationed at Malta.[14] She remained there until she was sold locally in 1907.[15]

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. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  3. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1885). p. 214.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 28 May 1885, p. 7.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 09, 1885; pg. 10; Issue 31547.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 257.
  11. ↑ "The Mediterranean Fleet". The Times. Monday, 5 April, 1886. Issue 31725, col D, p. 7.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 257.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 598.
  14. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  15. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  16. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 22 May, 1885. Issue 31453, col B, p. 10.
  17. ↑ Greville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/33
  18. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 257.
  20. ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/221. ff. 195, 199.

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).


113 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
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