H.M. T.B. 56 (1878)

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H.M. T.B. 56 (1878)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: 3 October, 1877[2]
Launched: December 1878[3]
Trials: 6 January, 1879[4]
Completed: 1878[5]
Sold: 1904[6]

H.M. T.B. 56 was one of twelve second-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 51 class.

Service

In March and April, 1879, she participated in trials of an American-made Herreschoff torpedo boat outside of Portsmouth.[7]

In 1881, she was one of eight boats assigned to Hecla.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  2. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 313.
  3. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 313.
  4. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 313.
  5. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 313.
  6. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 313.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 02, 1879; pg. 10; Issue 29531.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 37.

Bibliography


T.B. 51 Class Second-class Torpedo Boat
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
  T.B. 61 T.B. 62  
<– H.M. T.B. 63 Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 64 Class –>
<– H.M. T.B. 63 Second-class Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 64 Class –>
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