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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 39''' was one of 2 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 39 Class Torpedo Boat (1882)|T.B. 39 class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 39''' was one of two first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 39 Class Torpedo Boat (1882)|T.B. 39 class]].
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==Construction==
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Initially built for Chilean Navy as the ''Glaura'', she and her sister ''Fresia'' were sent out in sections for assembly in Chile.  The two boats were still unassembled in 1885, when they were purchased by the Admiralty.  Upon completion they were sent north to [[Esquimault]] to defend Canada's Pacific coast as tenders to {{UK-2Swiftsure}}.{{BrownSteamTBs|p. 81-82}}{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 327}}
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
In 1895, she and her sister {{UK-TB40}} were the only two first-class T.B.s stationed at Esquimault.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
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In 1895, she and her sister {{UK-TB40}} were the only two first-class torpedo boats stationed at Esquimault.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 17:59, 17 August 2014

H.M. T.B. 39 (1882)
Builder: Yarrow[1]
Launched: 1882[2]
Sold: February 1905[3]

H.M. T.B. 39 was one of two first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 39 class.

Construction

Initially built for Chilean Navy as the Glaura, she and her sister Fresia were sent out in sections for assembly in Chile. The two boats were still unassembled in 1885, when they were purchased by the Admiralty. Upon completion they were sent north to Esquimault to defend Canada's Pacific coast as tenders to Template:UK-2Swiftsure.[4][5]

Service

In 1895, she and her sister T.B. 40 were the only two first-class torpedo boats stationed at Esquimault.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 327.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  4. Brown. Steam Torpedo Boats. p. 81-82.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 327.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.

Bibliography


T.B. 39 Class First-class Torpedo Boat
  T.B. 39 T.B. 40  
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