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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M. T.B. 98 (1883)|cat=SecondClassTorpedoBoat |order=21 December, 1880{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 314}} |chain=Torpedo Boats,Second-class Torpedo Boats |name=T.B. 98 |prefix=H.M. |builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 105}} |launch=13 September, 1883{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 314. Date listed as uncertain}} |comp=1883{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 314}} |nat=UK |type=second-class torpedo boat |fate=Disposed of |yardno=141{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 314}} |fatedate=After 1898{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 314. Listed as "Fate unknown (still extant in 1898)"}} |pend= |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 98''' was a second-class torpedo boat built by [[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] in order to test the Ruthven "turbine", a type of water-jet propulsion. ==Construction== ==Service== She was slow at 11.75 knots, ungainly, and her oddball engine incredibly loud.{{Conways1860|p. 105}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M. T.B. 98"> </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Armament== * Two 14-in bow torpedo tubes.{{Conways1860|p. 105}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} {{refend}} {{Footer H.M. T.B. 98 (1880)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:T.B. 98}} {{CatClassSecondClassTorpedoBoat|UK}} {{CatShipSecondClassTorpedoBoat|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=SecondClassTorpedoBoat type=second-class torpedo boat prefix=H.M. chain=Torpedo Boats,Second-class Torpedo Boats {ship name=T.B. 98 pend= builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 105}} order= laid= launch=1880{{Conways1860|p. 105}} comm= } data -->

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