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==Construction==
==Construction==
Uniquely for a Royal Navy torpedo boat, ''T.B. 13''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> hull was made of brass (''The Times'' reported it as manganese bronze), which was hoped to prevent erosion.  The hull plate thickness was 3/16th of an inch thick, not thick enough to prevent her from quivering "very much" underway.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 December, 1879.  Issue '''29751''', col B, p. 11.</ref>
Uniquely for a Royal Navy torpedo boat, ''T.B. 13''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> hull was made of brass (''The Times'' reported it as manganese bronze), which was hoped to prevent corrosion.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 December, 1879.  Issue '''29751''', col B, p. 11.</ref>


Although designed to make 20 knots, during her initial trials she could not reach more than 13 knots.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 December, 1879.  Issue '''29751''', col B, p. 11.</ref>
Although designed to make 20 knots, during her initial trials she could not reach more than 13 knots.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 December, 1879.  Issue '''29751''', col B, p. 11.</ref>

Revision as of 22:53, 2 June 2014

H.M. T.B. 13 (1878)
Builder: Maudslay[1]
Launched: 1878[2]
Broken up: 1896[3]

H.M. T.B. 13 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Construction

Uniquely for a Royal Navy torpedo boat, T.B. 13's hull was made of brass (The Times reported it as manganese bronze), which was hoped to prevent corrosion.[4]

Although designed to make 20 knots, during her initial trials she could not reach more than 13 knots.[5]

Service

After completing trials in the Thames, T.B. 13 was sent to Portsmouth in December 1879.[6]

In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; T.B. 13 was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.[7]

Despite a reliable engine, T.B. 13's performance fell off considerably during her service at Portsmouth, and by 1886 she could only make 11 knots.[8]

In 1895, she was one of four first class torpedo boats of less than 125 feet in length and thirteen longer ones stationed in Devonport.[9]

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102. The date of launch is imprecise.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 15 December, 1879. Issue 29751, col B, p. 11.
  5. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 15 December, 1879. Issue 29751, col B, p. 11.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 15 December, 1879. Issue 29751, col B, p. 11.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  8. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  10. ↑ Leslie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/35

Bibliography


T.B. 1 Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Lightning
  T.B. 1  
Thornycroft Repeat Lightnings
T.B. 2 T.B. 3 T.B. 4 T.B. 5 T.B. 6
  T.B. 7 T.B. 8 T.B. 9  
  T.B. 10 T.B. 11 T.B. 12  
Other Builders
T.B. 13 T.B. 14 T.B. 15 T.B. 17 T.B. 18
  T.B. 19 T.B. 20  
  Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 63 –>
  First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 39 Class –>
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