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

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H.M. T.B. 18 (1878)
Builder: Yarrow[1]
Launched: 1878[2]
Sold: 1902[3]

H.M. T.B. 18 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

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.[4]

In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; T.B. 18 was fitted for Whitehead, and one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.[5]

In 1895, she was one of eleven first-class T.B.s stationed in Gibraltar.[6]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102. The date of launch is imprecise.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 10 August, 1878. Issue 29330, col D, p. 11.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.

Bibliography


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