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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 17''' was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)|T.B. 1 class]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 17''' was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)|T.B. 1 class]].
==Construction==
''T.B. 17'' was one of two torpedo boats being built for Russia by Yarrow that were taken over by the Royal Navy after "very complicated negotiations" during the Russo-Turkish War.{{BrownSteamTBs|p. 78}}


==Service==
==Service==
In August 1880, shortly after her purchase, ''T.B. 17'' was ordered to Portsmouth to take part in the naval review at Spithead along with her sister {{UK-2TB18}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 10 August, 1878.  Issue '''29330''', col D, p. 11.</ref>
In August 1878, shortly after her purchase, ''T.B. 17'' was ordered to Portsmouth to take part in the naval review at Spithead along with her sister {{UK-1TB18}}.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 10 August, 1878.  Issue '''29330''', col D, p. 11.</ref>


In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; T.B. 17 was fitted for Whitehead and one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}
In 1881, there were twenty first-class torpedo boats in all, and ''T.B. 17'', and like most of her companions, she fitted for Whitehead.  She was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}


In 1895, she was one of ten first-class T.B.s stationed in Malta.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
In 1895, she was one of ten first-class T.B.s stationed in Malta.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}  She remained at Malta until sold locally in 1907.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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==Bibliography==
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Latest revision as of 20:35, 6 April 2018

H.M. T.B. 17 (1878)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Ordered: Purchased mid-1878[2]
Launched: 1878[3]
Completed: 1878[4]
Sold: 1907[5]

H.M. T.B. 17 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Construction

T.B. 17 was one of two torpedo boats being built for Russia by Yarrow that were taken over by the Royal Navy after "very complicated negotiations" during the Russo-Turkish War.[6]

Service

In August 1878, shortly after her purchase, T.B. 17 was ordered to Portsmouth to take part in the naval review at Spithead along with her sister T.B. 18.[7]

In 1881, there were twenty first-class torpedo boats in all, and T.B. 17, and like most of her companions, she fitted for Whitehead. She was one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.[8]

In 1895, she was one of ten first-class T.B.s stationed in Malta.[9] She remained at Malta until sold locally in 1907.[10]

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. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 10 August, 1878. Issue 29330, col D, p. 11.
  3. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  4. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  6. ↑ Brown. Steam Torpedo Boats. p. 78.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 10 August, 1878. Issue 29330, col D, p. 11.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  10. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.

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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