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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 87''' was one of | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 87''' was one of six first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 82 Class Torpedo Boat (1884)|T.B. 82 class]]. | ||
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* {{LieutRN}} [[George Noel Gilbertson]], in command in December, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 131.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 20:35, 5 January 2014
H.M. T.B. 87 was one of six first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 82 class.
Service
In 1895, she was one of thirteen T.B.s of 125 feet or greater length and four smaller ones stationed in Devonport.[4]
In July 1914, T.B. 87 took part in the Test Mobilisation.[5]
In July, 1918, the boat and three minelayers from the Fast (15th Fleet) Sweeping Flotilla were the only defence forces in Falmouth.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant George Noel Gilbertson, in command in December, 1914.[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104. The date of launch is imprecise.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 18.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July 1914.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 16.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 131.
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