H.M. T.B. 47 (1885)

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H.M. T.B. 47 (1886)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: 30 April/1 May, 1885[2]
Launched: 28 June, 1886[3]
Sold: 1908[4]

H.M. T.B. 47 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.

Service

On 12 May 1887, T.B. 47 suffered a burst pipe in the boiler room while steaming at high speed between Portland and Torquay, searing five artificers and stokers – three of them critically (two of these died). She was towed back to Devonport by Rattlesnake in the evening.[5]

In 1895, she was one of eleven first-class torpedo boats stationed in Gibraltar.[6]

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. 047.[7]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 18.
  5. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 13, 1887; p. 9; Issue 32071.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 14, 1887; pg. 11; Issue 32072.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 23, 1890; pg. 10; Issue 32993.

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 –>
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