H.M. T.B. 43 (1885)

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H.M. T.B. 43 (1885)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: 30 April/1 May, 1885[2]
Launched: 1885[3]
Completed: June 1886[4]
Sold: 18 December, 1919[5]

H.M. T.B. 43 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.

Service

Collided with T.B. 66 on 9 May, 1887 during night exercises near Portland.[6]

In 1895, she was one of ten first-class torpedo boats stationed in Malta.[7]

In December 1905, she was in reserve at Gibraltar.[8]

Around 1906-1907, with the issuance of torpedo boat numbers to the first of the Cricket class torpedo boats, the existing Torpedo Boats numbered 25 to 79 had a "0" prepended to their number. This vessel, therefore, became T.B. 043.[9]

Sold at Malta on 18 December, 1919.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 310.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 310.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 310.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 310.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 12 May 1887, p. 6.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  8. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 400.
  9. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
  10. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 310.
  11. Ottley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 992.
  12. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/67. f. 73.
  13. Walters Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/186. f. 187.
  14. Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  15. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 400. Date given as 20 July here.
  16. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401b.
  17. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 958.

Bibliography


125 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Prototype
  T.B. 25  
Thornycroft Boats
T.B. 26 T.B. 27 T.B. 28 T.B. 29 T.B. 41
T.B. 42 T.B. 43 T.B. 44 T.B. 45 T.B. 46
T.B. 47 T.B. 48 T.B. 49 T.B. 50 T.B. 51
T.B. 52 T.B. 53 T.B. 54 T.B. 55 T.B. 56
  T.B. 57 T.B. 58 T.B. 59 T.B. 60  
Yarrow Boats
T.B. 30 T.B. 31 T.B. 32 T.B. 33 T.B. 61
T.B. 62 T.B. 63 T.B. 64 T.B. 65 T.B. 66
T.B. 67 T.B. 68 T.B. 69 T.B. 70 T.B. 71
T.B. 72 T.B. 73 T.B. 74 T.B. 75 T.B. 76
  T.B. 77 T.B. 78  
White Boats
T.B. 34 T.B. 35 T.B. 36 T.B. 37 T.B. 38
Yarrow Special
  T.B. 79  
<– 113 Footer Class Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 81 –>
<– 113 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 81 –>