H.M. T.B. 74 (1883)

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H.M. T.B. 74 (1883)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Yard Number: 457[2]
Ordered: 1881[3]
Launched: 1883[4]
Sold: 1906[5]

H.M. T.B. 74 was one of four second-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 74 class.

Construction

Service

T.B. 74 sank at her mooring in the Portsmouth steam basin on 23 March, 1883, after a valve aboard was left open. There was not enough time after the flooding aboard was discovered to prevent her from sinking, and she went down by the bow. She was raised the following day.[6]

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. 314.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 18.
  6. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 26 March, 1883. Issue 30777, col B, p. 5.

Bibliography


T.B. 74 Class Second-class Torpedo Boat
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