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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 20''' was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)|T.B. 1 class]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 20''' was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)|T.B. 1 class]].
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A ''Lightning''-type torpedo boat was ordered from Rennie on 8 May, 1878, however the resulting vessel proved unsatisfactory and was rejected by the Royal Navy.  ''T.B. 20'' was built in 1880 as a replacement, and the original Rennie boat was sold abroad.  She proved slow, reaching barely better than 16¾ knots during her trials.{{BrownSteamTBs|p. 78}}{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
  
 
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In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all;  T.B. 20 was partly fitted for Whitehead and one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}
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In 1881, there were twenty first-class torpedo boats in all. ''T.B. 20'' was partly fitted for Whitehead torpedoes, and was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}  Some time afterwards ''T.B. 20'' was sent out to Hong Kong, where she would spend the rest of her career, possibly on account of her disappointing performance.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
  
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In 1895, she was one of six first-class T.B.s stationed at Hong Kong.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
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Already slow when new, her speed dropped considerably over the course of her career, and by 1894 she could only make 11 knots with difficulty.{{BrownSteamTBs|p. 78}}  Nevertheless she was listed as one of six first-class torpedo boats stationed at Hong Kong in 1895.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
  
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In July, 1904, complaints from {{ViceRN}} [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Noel]] of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|Selborne]].  Within, it was noted that T.B. 20 was simply "non-effective".<ref>Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum.  (NOE/5/2).</ref>
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In July, 1904, complaints from {{ViceRN}} [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Noel]] of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|Selborne]].  Within, it was noted that ''T.B. 20'' was simply "non-effective".<ref>Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum.  (NOE/5/2).</ref> Selborne apparently did not know that ''T.B. 20'' had been sold for scrapping at Hong Kong the year before, although it is possible that the later sources are in error.{{BrownSteamTBs|p. 78}}{{Conways1860|p. 102}}{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
  
 
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Revision as of 15:44, 12 August 2014

H.M. T.B. 20 (1880)
Builder: Rennie[1]
Ordered: 8 May, 1878[2] (see text)
Launched: 1880[3]
Completed: Purchased 25 May, 1880[4]
Broken up: 1903[5]
H.M. T.B. 20 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Construction

A Lightning-type torpedo boat was ordered from Rennie on 8 May, 1878, however the resulting vessel proved unsatisfactory and was rejected by the Royal Navy. T.B. 20 was built in 1880 as a replacement, and the original Rennie boat was sold abroad. She proved slow, reaching barely better than 16¾ knots during her trials.[6][7]

Service

In 1881, there were twenty first-class torpedo boats in all. T.B. 20 was partly fitted for Whitehead torpedoes, and was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.[8] Some time afterwards T.B. 20 was sent out to Hong Kong, where she would spend the rest of her career, possibly on account of her disappointing performance.[9]

Already slow when new, her speed dropped considerably over the course of her career, and by 1894 she could only make 11 knots with difficulty.[10] Nevertheless she was listed as one of six first-class torpedo boats stationed at Hong Kong in 1895.[11]

In July, 1904, complaints from Vice-Admiral Noel of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by First Lord of the Admiralty Selborne. Within, it was noted that T.B. 20 was simply "non-effective".[12] Selborne apparently did not know that T.B. 20 had been sold for scrapping at Hong Kong the year before, although it is possible that the later sources are in error.[13][14][15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  2. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  3. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  4. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  6. ↑ Brown. Steam Torpedo Boats. p. 78.
  7. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  9. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  10. ↑ Brown. Steam Torpedo Boats. p. 78.
  11. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  12. ↑ Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (NOE/5/2).
  13. ↑ Brown. Steam Torpedo Boats. p. 78.
  14. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  15. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  16. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1894. p. 196.

Bibliography


T.B. 1 Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Lightning
  T.B. 1  
Thornycroft Repeat Lightnings
T.B. 2 T.B. 3 T.B. 4 T.B. 5 T.B. 6
  T.B. 7 T.B. 8 T.B. 9  
  T.B. 10 T.B. 11 T.B. 12  
Other Builders
T.B. 13 T.B. 14 T.B. 15 T.B. 17 T.B. 18
  T.B. 19 T.B. 20  
  Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 63 –>
  First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 39 Class –>
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