H.M. T.B. 80 (1886)

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H.M. T.B. 80 (1886)
Builder: Yarrow[1]
Ordered: 1885-1886 Programme[2]
Launched: 1886[3]
Broken up: 1921[4]
H.M. T.B. 80 was built by Yarrow to a design she'd crafted for Austria's Flake boat.

She had a single funnel, which was replaced by two when she was reboilered in 1888.[5]

Service

In 1895, she was one of thirteen T.B.s of 125 feet or greater length and four smaller ones stationed in Devonport.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

One fixed 14 inch torpedo tube. Twin deck torpedo tubes. Three 3-pounder guns.[14]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103. The date of launch is imprecise.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  7. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  8. The Monthly Navy List (December, 1905), p. 400.
  9. The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 400.
  10. The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 400.
  11. The Navy List, (March, 1913), p. 401.
  12. The Navy List, (July, 1914), p. 401a.
  13. The Navy List (December, 1918), p. 956.
  14. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.

Bibliography


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