H.M. T.B. 96 (1894)

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H.M. T.B. 96 (1894)
Builder: J. Samuel White[1]
Launched: 1894[2]
Completed: 1895
Collision: 1 November, 1915[3]
H.M. T.B. 96 was one of ten first-class torpedo boats of the 140 Footer class.

Service

In 1895, she was slated to join two of her sisters and and twenty-four other torpedo boats then stationed in Portsmouth, pending her delivery.[4]

The boat was lost in a collision with M.F.A. Tringa in the Straits of Gibraltar on 1 November, 1915. Eleven men died in the loss.[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. Brassey's Naval Annual 1896. p. 318.
  3. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 151.
  4. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  5. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 151.
  6. Stileman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/503. f. 1228.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 400a.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 401.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 401a.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 401a.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 402.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
  13. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 151.

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 –>