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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M. T.B. 56 (1885)|fatedate=17 May, 1906{{Conways1906|p. 18}}
|order=30 April/1 May, 1885{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 310}}
|name=T.B. 56
|launch=1 October, 1886{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 310.  The date is listed as uncertain}}
|builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 102}}
|fate=Sunk
|pend=
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 56''' was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footer class]].

==Service==
In 1895, she was one of ten first-class torpedo boats stationed in Malta.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}

She foundered off Damietta while under tow of the cruiser {{UK-Arrogant}} on 17 May, 1906.{{Conways1906|pp. 18-19}}{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 310}}

Lieutenant [[Lionel Arthur Hurst Maitland-Addison|Maitland-Addison]] lost twelve months' seniority and was severely reprimanded and dismissed the ship in the ensuing Court Martial.  Gunner [[Henry Pudifoot]] was also severely reprimanded and dismissed the ship.<ref>''The Guardian'', 31 May 1906.p. 7.</ref>

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M. T.B. 56">
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest Leigh Austen|nick=Ernest L. Austen|appt=7 July, 1887<ref>Austen Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/38/41.|}} f. 53.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 July, 1887.  Issue '''32114''', col C, p. 12.</ref>|end=20 August, 1887<ref>Austen Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/38/41.|}} f. 53.</ref>|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1887]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis|nick=Edward H. F. Heaton-Ellis|appt=13 March, 1894<ref>Heaton-Ellis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 20/38.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Lionel Arthur Hurst Bisset Maitland-Addison|nick=Lionel A. H. B. Maitland-Addison|appt=May, 1906|end=17 May, 1906{{HepperLosses|p. 19}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=loaned, ship lost under his command}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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