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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 3''' was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)|T.B. 1 class]]. | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 3''' was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)|T.B. 1 class]]. | ||
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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
| − | In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; | + | A serious accident occurred aboard ''T.B. 3'' on the afternoon of 5 April, 1880. During tests of the evaporative capacity of the boiler one of boiler's tubes burst. The men in the stokehold cleared out quickly, and there were no injuries. Early estimates suggested repairs would take about a month.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence". ''The Times''. Wednesday, 7 April, 1880. Issue '''29849''', col D, p. 7.</ref> |
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| + | In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; ''T.B. 3'' was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}} | ||
During the crisis following the Panjdeh Incident in 1885, ''T.B. 3'' 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> | During the crisis following the Panjdeh Incident in 1885, ''T.B. 3'' 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> | ||
| − | 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 | + | 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 19:14, 1 June 2014
| H.M. T.B. 3 (1878) | |
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| Builder: | Thornycroft[1] |
| Launched: | 1878[2] |
| Broken up: | |
Service
A serious accident occurred aboard T.B. 3 on the afternoon of 5 April, 1880. During tests of the evaporative capacity of the boiler one of boiler's tubes burst. The men in the stokehold cleared out quickly, and there were no injuries. Early estimates suggested repairs would take about a month.[3]
In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; T.B. 3 was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.[4]
During the crisis following the Panjdeh Incident in 1885, T.B. 3 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.
- Lieutenant & Commander James de C. Hamilton, 28 April, 1885[7]
- Lieutenant & Commander James W. Little, 25 May, 1886[8]
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. The date of launch is imprecise.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 7 April, 1880. Issue 29849, col D, p. 7.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
- ↑ The Navy List (June, 1885), p. 214.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1885). p. 214.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
Bibliography
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| Torpedo Boats (UK) | H.M. T.B. 63 | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) | T.B. 39 Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
