H.M. T.B. 94 (1894)

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H.M. T.B. 94 (1894)
Builder: J. Samuel White[1]
Launched: 1894[2]
Sold: 1919[3]
H.M. T.B. 94 was one of 10 first-class torpedo boats of the 140 Footer class.

Service

She completed her steam trials in the Solent in August, 1894. Her mean speed proved to be 23.257 knots on a contract speed of 23 knots.[4]

In 1895, she was one of two of her class to be stationed in Portsmouth, along with twenty other torpedo boats of at least 125 foot length and four smaller vessels. She also was one of two in her class to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1895.[5]

She was commissioned on 8 July 1896 in order to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104.
  2. Brassey's Naval Annual 1896. p. 318.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 18.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 22, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34349.
  5. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  6. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 3 July, 1896; pg. 12.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 400a.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 401a.
  10. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 401a.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401a.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401a.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401a.
  14. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401a.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 957.

Bibliography


140 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Yarrow Boats
  T.B. 88 T.B. 89 T.B. 90  
Thornycroft Boats
  T.B. 91 T.B. 92 T.B. 93  
White Boats
  T.B. 94 T.B. 95 T.B. 96  
Laird Boat
  T.B. 97  
<– T.B. 39 Class Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 98 Class –>
<– T.B. 82 Class First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 98 Class –>