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|order=Early 1884{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}{{INF}}
|name=T.B. 24
|launch=1886{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
|builder=[[Yarrow & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 102}}
|fate=Sold
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 24''' was one of 4 first-class torpedo boats of the [[113 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1884)|113 Footer class]].

==Construction & Service==
Yard No. 667.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}

Commissioned as tender to {{UK-2Valorous}} in June 1886 for flotilla manoeuvres.{{NLJul86|p. 245}}<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 27 May, 1886.  Issue '''31770''', col D, p. 7.</ref>

On 11 September, 1893 as ''T.B. 24'' tried to pick up her mooring in Devonport harbour, she ran into {{UK-TB54}} and holed her aft, causing the compartment abaft the engine room to flood.  A rush to prevent 54's foundering succeeded, and a collision mat was placed over the hole as she was secured against the harbour wall.  An ash ejector was kept running to keep her afloat until she could be docked.{{NMI|Tuesday, Sep 12, 1893; pg. 6; Issue 34054}}

In 1895, she was one of twenty-three torpedo boats of less than 125 feet in length and thirteen longer ones stationed in Devonport.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M. T.B. 24">
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=John Martin Stokes|nick=John M. Stokes|appt=5 June, 1886{{NLJul86|p. 245}}<ref>Stokes Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|}} f. 1243.</ref>|end=10 September, 1886<ref>Stokes Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|}} f. 1243.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=William John Thompson|nick=William J. Thompson|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col B, p. 4.</ref>|end=31 August, 1889|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=George Donald Henry MacKinnon|nick=George D. H. MacKinnon|appt=25 August, 1899<ref>MacKinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/167.|}} f. 170.</ref>|end=11 April, 1900<ref>MacKinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/167.|}} f. 170.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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