H.M. T.B. 23 (1884)

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H.M. T.B. 23 (1886)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Ordered: Early 1884[2][Inference]
Launched: 1886[3]
Completed: c. May 1886[4]
Sold: 1905[5]
H.M. T.B. 23 was one of 4 first-class torpedo boats of the 113 Footer class.

Construction

Yard No. 666.[6]

Service

Commissioned as tender to Template:UK-2Valorous in June 1886 for flotilla manoeuvres.[7][8]

In 1895, she was one of four torpedo boats of less than 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with twenty-three larger ones.[9]

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. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  6. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
  8. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 27 May, 1886. Issue 31770, col D, p. 7.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
  11. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col A, p. 4.

Bibliography


113 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Thornycroft Boats
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Yarrow Boats
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