H.M. T.B. 26 (1885)

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H.M. T.B. 26 (1885)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Launched: 1885[2]
Sold: 1919[3]

H.M. T.B. 26 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.

Around 1906-1907, with the issuance of torpedo boat numbers to the first of the Cricket class torpedo boats, the existing Torpedo Boats numbered 25 to 79 had a "0" prepended to their number. This vessel, therefore, became T.B. 026.[4]

Construction

Yard No. 218.[5] Like all Thornycroft 125-footers, she was built with a low "bull nose" bow that included a fixed torpedo tube that proved "totally unseaworthy" and was ultimately rebuilt with a conventional straight steam without a torpedo tube.[6]

Service

She participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1894 as one of three boats in the Waterford Division of the Blue Side.[7]

In 1895, she was one of twenty-three T.B.s of at least 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with four smaller T.B.s..[8] Sold to Maden & McKee on 2 October, 1919.[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 1906–1921. p. 18.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 310.
  6. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 310.
  7. "The Naval Manoeuvres of 1894." The Times (London, England), July 18, 1894, Issue 34319, p.13.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  9. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 310.
  10. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  11. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Saturday, 16 July, 1892. Issue 33692, col A, p. 17.
  12. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  13. Crawley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/401. f. 402.
  14. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  15. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 13 July, 1903. Issue 37131, col C, p. 10.
  16. Leach Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/103. f. ?.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 29, 1904; pg. 4; Issue 37303.
  18. Leach Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/103. f. ?.
  19. Foster Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/10. f. 5.
  20. Foster Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/10. f. 5.
  21. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 399.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 399.
  23. Warre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 259.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 400.
  25. Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
  26. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 400.
  27. Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
  28. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 400.
  29. Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
  30. Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
  31. Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
  32. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 401.
  33. Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
  34. Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/452. f. ?.
  35. Chapman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/452. f. ?.
  36. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 401a.
  37. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401a.
  38. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
  39. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
  40. Cutsforth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/60/106. f. 106.
  41. Woodward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/217. f. 217.
  42. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 401a.
  43. Woodward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/53/217. f. 217.
  44. Nicholls Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/138. f. 138.
  45. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399u.
  46. Nicholls Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/138. f. 138.
  47. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 957.
  48. Atkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/140. f. 140.

Bibliography


125 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Prototype
  T.B. 25  
Thornycroft Boats
T.B. 26 T.B. 27 T.B. 28 T.B. 29 T.B. 41
T.B. 42 T.B. 43 T.B. 44 T.B. 45 T.B. 46
T.B. 47 T.B. 48 T.B. 49 T.B. 50 T.B. 51
T.B. 52 T.B. 53 T.B. 54 T.B. 55 T.B. 56
  T.B. 57 T.B. 58 T.B. 59 T.B. 60  
Yarrow Boats
T.B. 30 T.B. 31 T.B. 32 T.B. 33 T.B. 61
T.B. 62 T.B. 63 T.B. 64 T.B. 65 T.B. 66
T.B. 67 T.B. 68 T.B. 69 T.B. 70 T.B. 71
T.B. 72 T.B. 73 T.B. 74 T.B. 75 T.B. 76
  T.B. 77 T.B. 78  
White Boats
T.B. 34 T.B. 35 T.B. 36 T.B. 37 T.B. 38
Yarrow Special
  T.B. 79  
<– H.M. T.B. 81 Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>
<– H.M. T.B. 81 First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>