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

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H.M. T.B. 5 (1878)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Launched: 1878[2]
Broken up:
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.[3]

In 1895, she was one of four T.B.s of less than 125 feet in length and thirteen longer ones stationed in Devonport.[4]

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101. The date of launch is imprecise.
  3. The Navy List (June, 1885), p. 214.
  4. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  5. Rolleston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/365
  6. The Navy List (June, 1885), p. 214.
  7. The Navy List (July, 1886), p. 245.

Bibliography


T.B. 1 Class First-class Torpedo Boat
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