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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 8''' 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. 8''' 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. 8 was 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, and ''T.B. 8'' was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}
  
In 1895, she was one of six first-class T.B.s stationed at Hong Kong.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
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In 1895, she was one of six first-class torpedo boats stationed at Hong Kong.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}} She remained at Hong Kong until she was sold in 1903.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 6 April 2018

H.M. T.B. 8 (1879)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: 3 October, 1877[2]
Launched: 1879[3]
Completed: 1879[4]
Sold: 1903[5]
H.M. T.B. 8 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, and T.B. 8 was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.[6]

In 1895, she was one of six first-class torpedo boats stationed at Hong Kong.[7] She remained at Hong Kong until she was sold in 1903.[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. 309.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  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. 309.

Bibliography


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