H.M. T.B. 90 (1895)

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H.M. T.B. 90 (1895)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Launched: 1895[2]
Capsized: 25 April, 1918[3]
H.M. T.B. 90 was one of ten first-class torpedo boats of the 140 Footer class.

Service

Twelve men died along with their captain when T.B. 90 capsized in heavy weather while under the command of Chief Gunner James Hamilton in the straits of Gibraltar on 25 April, 1918.[4]

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. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 491.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 19 Aug. 1896, p. 7.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 297.
  7. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  8. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 400a.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 401a.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 401a.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 401a.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1913). p. 401a.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399t. Given as 1915 herein, but 1917 seems crystalline.
  15. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 130.

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 –>