H.M. T.B. 6 (1883)

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H.M. T.B. 6 (1884)
Builder: J. Samuel White[1]
Yard Number: 603[2]
Ordered: 1883[3]
Launched: 1884[4]
Sold: By 1907[5]

H.M. T.B. 6 was one of twelve wooden-hulled second-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Construction

Service

The Times reported that during a trial at Portsmouth of "a new pattern screw" on 5 April, 1883 one or more of T.B. 6's boiler tubes burst under pressure and that steam escaping through the furnace scalded several members of her crew, one "rather seriously".[6] This accident may have happened to a different vessel, since T.B. 6 was still under construction in April 1883.[7]

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. 315.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 315.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 315.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 315.
  6. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 6 April, 1883. Issue 30787, col E, p. 8.
  7. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 315.

Bibliography

  • Brown, David K. (2005). Jordan, John. ed. "Steam Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy". Warship 2005: pp. 73-96.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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