H.M. T.B. 5 (1878)

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H.M. T.B. 5 (1879)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Ordered: 3 October, 1877[2]
Launched: 1879[3]
Completed: 1879
Sold: 1897
H.M. T.B. 5 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Service

During the crisis following the Panjdeh Incident in 1885, T.B. 5 was put into commission as part of Admiral Phipps Hornby's Particular Service Squadron on 28 April, and was later involved in the year's Annual Manoeuvres at Berehaven.[4]

Commissioned as tender to Template:UK-2Valorous in May 1886 for flotilla manoeuvres.[5][6]

In 1895, she was one of four T.B.s of less than 125 feet in length and thirteen longer ones stationed in Devonport.[7]

T.B. 5 was sold at Devonport, presumably for scrap, in 1897, although her engine was retained for use at Devonport Dockyard.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 308.
  4. The Navy List (June, 1885), p. 214.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
  6. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 27 May, 1886. Issue 31770, col D, p. 7.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  8. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 308.
  9. Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365
  10. The Navy List. (June, 1885). p. 214.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.

Bibliography


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