H.M. T.B. 68 (1885)

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H.M. T.B. 68 (1885)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Ordered: 30/31 March, 1885[2]
Launched: 1885[3]
Completed: August 1886[4]
Sold: 30 June, 1920[5]

H.M. T.B. 68 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.

Service

She was stationed in Chatham in 1895 as one of eight large torpedo boats of at least 125 feet length and two smaller ones.[6]

She commissioned on 8 July to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896.[7]

She was placed into Dockyard Reserve at Chatham. In mid-1901, she was to be fitted with Thornycroft water-tube boilers, manufactured at the dockyard.[8]

Around 1906-1907, with the issuance of torpedo boat numbers to the first of the Cricket class torpedo boats, the existing Torpedo Boats numbered 25 to 79 had a "0" prepended to their number. This vessel, therefore, became T.B. 068.[9]

Sold to Ward, Hayle for scrapping on 30 June, 1920 alongside her sister T.B. 66.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311. Date listed as uncertain.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103. The date of launch is imprecise.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 21, 1901; pg. 7; Issue 36487.
  9. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
  10. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  11. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  12. "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  13. Plenderleath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20/430. f. 428.
  14. "Naval Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 19 July, 1890. Issue 33068, col C, p. 12.
  15. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 3 July, 1896; pg. 12.
  18. Quicke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 298.
  19. "Naval Review at Spithead." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jun 09, 1897; pg. 10; Issue 35225.
  20. Quicke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/295. f. 298.
  21. "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  22. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  23. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/67. f. 73.
  24. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
  25. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/67. f. 73.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 399.
  27. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 399.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 399.
  29. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  30. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 400.
  31. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
  32. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 14 Apr. 1911, p. 4.
  33. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  34. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  35. The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 401. His service record gives the date 21 October.
  36. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/278. f. 293.
  37. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 401.
  38. The Navy List. (March, 1914). p. 401a.
  39. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401b.
  40. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401b.
  41. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401b.
  42. Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
  43. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401b.
  44. Dunster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/50. f. 50.
  45. Hubbard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/214. f. 214.
  46. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401b.
  47. Hubbard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/214. f. 214.
  48. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 958.

Bibliography


125 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Prototype
  T.B. 25  
Thornycroft Boats
T.B. 26 T.B. 27 T.B. 28 T.B. 29 T.B. 41
T.B. 42 T.B. 43 T.B. 44 T.B. 45 T.B. 46
T.B. 47 T.B. 48 T.B. 49 T.B. 50 T.B. 51
T.B. 52 T.B. 53 T.B. 54 T.B. 55 T.B. 56
  T.B. 57 T.B. 58 T.B. 59 T.B. 60  
Yarrow Boats
T.B. 30 T.B. 31 T.B. 32 T.B. 33 T.B. 61
T.B. 62 T.B. 63 T.B. 64 T.B. 65 T.B. 66
T.B. 67 T.B. 68 T.B. 69 T.B. 70 T.B. 71
T.B. 72 T.B. 73 T.B. 74 T.B. 75 T.B. 76
  T.B. 77 T.B. 78  
White Boats
T.B. 34 T.B. 35 T.B. 36 T.B. 37 T.B. 38
Yarrow Special
  T.B. 79  
<– H.M. T.B. 81 Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>
<– H.M. T.B. 81 First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>