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==Service==
==Service==
In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all;  T.B. 12 was equipped with an outrigger torpedo (rather than Whitehead) and one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.  It was the only boat with an outrigger torpedo.{{ARTS1881|pp. 35-6}}
In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all;  T.B. 12 was equipped with an outrigger torpedo (rather than Whitehead) and one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth.  It was the only boat with an outrigger torpedo.{{ARTS1881|pp. 35-6}}
She was stationed in Chatham in 1895, one of two T.B.s of less than 125 feet, along with eight of greater length.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 18:02, 21 November 2013

H.M. T.B. 12 (1878)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Launched: 1878[2]
Broken up:

H.M. T.B. 12 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Service

In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; T.B. 12 was equipped with an outrigger torpedo (rather than Whitehead) and one of eleven boats serving out of Portsmouth. It was the only boat with an outrigger torpedo.[3]

She was stationed in Chatham in 1895, one of two T.B.s of less than 125 feet, along with eight of greater length.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101. The date of launch is imprecise.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. pp. 35-6.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.

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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