H.M. T.B. 9 (1878)

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H.M. T.B. 9 (1878)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: 3 October, 1877[2]
Launched: 1879[3]
Completed: 1879[4]
Broken up: 1900[5]
H.M. T.B. 9 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Service

In the summer of 1880 the Admiralty decided to deploy several torpedo boats to overseas bases. In July the responsible authorities at Portsmouth were "ordered to forward a couple of first-class torpedo boats to Malta and Gibraltar."[6] Resultantly, T.B. 9 was taken out to Malta from Portsmouth aboard the troopship Tamar in August 1880 alongside her sister T.B. 7, destined for Gibraltar.[7]

In 1881, T.B. 9 was listed as being fitted for Whitehead and was the only boat serving out of Malta.[8]

In May 1892, she was stationed at Malta.[9]

In 1895, she was one of ten first-class T.B.s stationed in Malta.[10]

T.B. 9's hull was sold for scrapping at Malta in 1900. Her engine was removed for use at Malta Dockyard.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  6. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 22 July, 1880. Issue 29940, col B, p. 13.
  7. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 20 August, 1880. Issue 29965, col A, p. 8.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  9. Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/38. f. 43.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  11. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  12. Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/38. f. 43.
  13. Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/38. f. 43.

Bibliography


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