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| − | <div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M | + | <div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M. ''T.B. 1'' (1876)|fatedate=1896{{Conways1860|p. 101}} |
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| − | |name= | + | |name=T.B. 1 |
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| − | |builder=[[Thornycroft]]{{Conways1860|p. 101}} | + | |builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 101}} |
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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
| − | In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; | + | She arrived at Portsmouth from Thornycroft's shipyard at Chiswick on 10 May, 1877, to run her official steam trials and for fitting out with torpedo gear. At this time she had already reached 12 knots on trial quite easily.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. Friday, 11 May, 1877. Issue '''28939''', col F, p. 10.</ref> Those trials commenced on 22 May.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 308}} |
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| + | Further trials proved ''Lightning'' to be a very unhandy vessel—at full power her turning radius was the same as the big unarmored frigate ''Shah''.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. Tuesday, 11 September, 1877. Issue '''29044''', col E, p. 8.</ref> | ||
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| + | After her boiler was retubed, ''Lightning'' ran a speed trial on 17 January, 1879 and reached a mean speed of 17.5 knots.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. Tuesday, 21 January, 1879. Issue '''29470''', col E, p. 10.</ref> She was refitted with a fixed torpedo tube in her bow during the same year.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 308}} | ||
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| + | In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; ''T.B. 1'' was "fitted for Whitehead" and serving as tender to {{UK-Vernon}}.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}} She was fitted with torpedo dropping gear for trials in 1883.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 308}} | ||
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| + | ''T.B. 1'' was used for harbor service only after 1884, still attached to ''Vernon'', having been condemned as inefficient in that year. Her engine was removed for use as yard machinery in Portsmouth Dockyard in 1895, and her hull was sold to P. Rice, Portsmouth, for £25 in 1896.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 308}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
| − | As an experimental vessel that spent her career as a tender to the {{UK-Vernon}}, ''Lightning'' seems never to have been assigned | + | As an experimental vessel that spent her career as a tender to the {{UK-Vernon}}, ''Lightning'' seems never to have been assigned an official commanding officer. However she was, unusually for torpedo boats, assigned a permanent superintendent engineer officer, borne additional initially in the ''Asia'' then from 1878 onward in ''Vernon''. By 1891 this position was listed as "For service in 'Lightning', Torpedo Boats, &c."{{NLApr91|p. 262}} |
Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
| − | <div name=fredbot: | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Engineer Officer of H.M. T.B. ''Lightning''"> |
| − | + | {{Tenure|rank=Chief Engineer|name=Henry Watkins White|nick=Henry W. White|appt=3 March, 1877{{NLOct77|p. 131}}|precBy=New Command}} | |
| − | + | {{Tenure|rank=Chief Engineer|name=William Vincent|nick=William Vincent|appt=16 January, 1878{{NLMar80|p. 249}}|}} | |
| − | + | {{Tenure|rank=Chief Engineer|name=Joseph Minhinnick|nick=Joseph Minhinnick|appt=9 March, 1882{{NLOct82|p. 249}}}} | |
| − | + | {{Tenure|rank=Staff Engineer|name=Henry George Johnston|nick=Henry G. Johnston|appt=31 October, 1884{{NLJul86|p. 256}}}} | |
| − | </div name=fredbot: | + | {{Tenure|rank=Chief Engineer|name=Robert Harding|nick=Robert Harding|appt=14 October, 1890{{NLApr91|p. 262}}}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank=Staff Engineer|name=Alfred John Nye|nick=Alfred J. Nye|appt=1 June, 1893{{NLDec94|p. 268''e''}}}} | ||
| + | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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{{Footer T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)}} | {{Footer T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 6 April 2018
| H.M. T.B. 1 (1876) | |
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| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[1] |
| Ordered: | 26 January, 1876 |
| Launched: | 1876 |
| Broken up: | 1896[2] |
Service
She arrived at Portsmouth from Thornycroft's shipyard at Chiswick on 10 May, 1877, to run her official steam trials and for fitting out with torpedo gear. At this time she had already reached 12 knots on trial quite easily.[3] Those trials commenced on 22 May.[4]
Further trials proved Lightning to be a very unhandy vessel—at full power her turning radius was the same as the big unarmored frigate Shah.[5]
After her boiler was retubed, Lightning ran a speed trial on 17 January, 1879 and reached a mean speed of 17.5 knots.[6] She was refitted with a fixed torpedo tube in her bow during the same year.[7]
In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; T.B. 1 was "fitted for Whitehead" and serving as tender to Vernon.[8] She was fitted with torpedo dropping gear for trials in 1883.[9]
T.B. 1 was used for harbor service only after 1884, still attached to Vernon, having been condemned as inefficient in that year. Her engine was removed for use as yard machinery in Portsmouth Dockyard in 1895, and her hull was sold to P. Rice, Portsmouth, for £25 in 1896.[10]
Captains
As an experimental vessel that spent her career as a tender to the Vernon, Lightning seems never to have been assigned an official commanding officer. However she was, unusually for torpedo boats, assigned a permanent superintendent engineer officer, borne additional initially in the Asia then from 1878 onward in Vernon. By 1891 this position was listed as "For service in 'Lightning', Torpedo Boats, &c."[11]
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Chief Engineer Henry W. White, 3 March, 1877[12]
- Chief Engineer William Vincent, 16 January, 1878[13]
- Chief Engineer Joseph Minhinnick, 9 March, 1882[14]
- Staff Engineer Henry G. Johnston, 31 October, 1884[15]
- Chief Engineer Robert Harding, 14 October, 1890[16]
- Staff Engineer Alfred J. Nye, 1 June, 1893[17]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 11 May, 1877. Issue 28939, col F, p. 10.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 308.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 11 September, 1877. Issue 29044, col E, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 21 January, 1879. Issue 29470, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 308.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 308.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 308.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1877). p. 131.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1880). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1882). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 256.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1894). p. 268e.
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