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In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all;  T.B. 14 was not fitted for Whitehead and was one of three boats serving out of Chatham.  There was some noted lethargy in getting these boats all armed.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}
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In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; ''T.B. 14'' was not fitted for Whitehead and was one of three boats serving out of Chatham.  There was some noted lethargy in getting these boats all armed.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}
  
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In 1895, she was one of four T.B.s of less than 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with twenty-three larger T.B.s..{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
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During the crisis following the Panjdeh Incident in 1885, ''T.B. 14'' was put into commission as part of [[Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby|Admiral Phipps Hornby's]] [[Particular Service Squadron (1885)|Particular Service Squadron]] on 28 April, and was later involved in the year's Annual Manoeuvres at Berehaven.<ref>''The Navy List'' (June, 1885), p. 214.</ref>
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In 1895, she was one of four T.B.s of less than 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with twenty-three larger T.B.s.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 14:34, 7 April 2014

H.M. T.B. 14 (1878)
Builder: Yarrow[1]
Launched: 1878[2]
Broken up: 1904[3]
H.M. T.B. 14 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Service

In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; T.B. 14 was not fitted for Whitehead and was one of three boats serving out of Chatham. There was some noted lethargy in getting these boats all armed.[4]

During the crisis following the Panjdeh Incident in 1885, T.B. 14 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.[5]

In 1895, she was one of four T.B.s of less than 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with twenty-three larger T.B.s.[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. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (June, 1885), p. 214.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1886), p. 245.

Bibliography


T.B. 1 Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Lightning
  T.B. 1  
Thornycroft Repeat Lightnings
T.B. 2 T.B. 3 T.B. 4 T.B. 5 T.B. 6
  T.B. 7 T.B. 8 T.B. 9  
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Other Builders
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  T.B. 19 T.B. 20  
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  First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 39 Class –>
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