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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 6''' 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. 6''' was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)|T.B. 1 class]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all;  T.B. 6 was not fitted for Whitehead and was one of three boats serving out of Chatham.  There was some noted lethargy in getting these boats all armed.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}
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In 1881, there were twenty first-class torpedo boats in all.  ''T.B. 6'' was not fitted for Whitehead torpedoes, and was one of three boats serving out of Chatham.  There was some noted lethargy in getting these boats all armed.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}
  
 
In 1895, she was one of four first-class T.B.s stationed at the Cape of Good Hope.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
 
In 1895, she was one of four first-class T.B.s stationed at the Cape of Good Hope.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
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She was sold at the Cape in 1906.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 308}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 14:08, 12 August 2014

H.M. T.B. 6 (1878)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Ordered: 3 October, 1877[2]
Launched: 1879[3]
Completed: 1879[4]
Sold: 1906[5]
H.M. T.B. 6 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Service

In 1881, there were twenty first-class torpedo boats in all.  T.B. 6 was not fitted for Whitehead torpedoes, and was one of three boats serving out of Chatham. There was some noted lethargy in getting these boats all armed.[6]

In 1895, she was one of four first-class T.B.s stationed at the Cape of Good Hope.[7]

She was sold at the Cape in 1906.[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. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 308.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 308.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  8. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 308.

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 –>