H.M. T.B. 97 (1893)

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H.M. T.B. 97 (1892)
Builder: Laird[1]
Launched: 1892[2]
Sold: 1920[3]
H.M. T.B. 97 was one of 10 first-class torpedo boats of the 140 Footer class.

Service

In 1895, she was one of six of her class sent to Gibraltar where they joined five other first class T.B.s.[4]

When she was completed, there were 79 first-class T.B.s of 125 feet or longer.[5]

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104. The date of launch is imprecise.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104.
  4. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  5. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. 45.
  6. The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 400a.
  7. The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 401a.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401b.
  9. 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 –>