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Revision as of 17:41, 5 May 2014

H.M. T.B. 63 (1878)
Builder: Herreshoff[1]
Launched: 1878[2]
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H.M. T.B. 63 was a second-class torpedo boat built by Herreschoff, one of the very few foreign-built ships in Royal Navy service.

She was only used in trials against equivalent Thornycroft boats and never put into service.[3]

Construction and Purchase

The vessel that became T.B. 63 was built by the American yacht specialist "Captain Nat" Herreshoff's shipbuilding concern on speculation in 1878. Herreshoff brought the vessel with him on a visit to Britain, where she was purchased by the Admiralty through the intervention of the Director of Naval Construction, Nathaniel Barnaby.[4] D. K. Brown gives the reasons behind the purchase as involving her unusual boiler design, which was "a single 300-foot coil of wrought iron containing water and steam".[5] Although this boiler was thermodynamically efficient and allowed steam to be raised quickly, the welded wrought iron coil itself was unreliable and prone to leaks.

Service

On 17 February, 1879, T.B. 63, together with the Lightning and a Thornycroft second-class torpedo boat left Portsmouth on a cruise as a display for the visiting Controller and First Lord of the Admiralty.[6] The next day she suffered a boiler accident.[7]

February and March of 1879, T.B. 63 was involved in various trials, including a series of comparative trials alongside a Thornycroft second-class torpedo boat.[8]

In 1881, she was noted as being "not fitted for torpedoes", as it seemed "doubtful whether she has sufficient stability to carry any torpedo gear."[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

Intended to carry two torpedoes, although it seems these were never actually fitted.[11][12]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  5. ↑ Brown. "Steam Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy". Warship 2005. p. 91.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 18 February, 1879. Issue 29494, col D, p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 20 February, 1879. Issue 29496, col F, p. 5.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 7 March, 1879. Issue 29509, col B, p. 8.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 37.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 18 February, 1879. Issue 29494, col D, p. 10.
  11. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 105.
  12. ↑ Brown. "Steam Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy". Warship 2005. p. 91.

Bibliography

  • Brown, David K. (2005) "Steam Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy". Warship 2005. London: Conway Maritime Press.


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