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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M. T.B. 9 (1878)|name=T.B. 9
<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M. T.B. 9 (1878)|name=T.B. 9
|launch=1878{{Conways1860|p. 101. The date of launch is imprecise}}
|order=3 October, 1877{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
|launch=1879{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
|comp=1879{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
|builder=[[Thornycroft]]{{Conways1860|p. 101}}
|builder=[[Thornycroft]]{{Conways1860|p. 101}}
|fate=Broken up
|fate=Broken up
|fatedate=1900{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 9''' was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)|T.B. 1 class]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 9''' was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 1 Class Torpedo Boat (1876)|T.B. 1 class]].
==Service==
==Service==
In the summer of 1880 the Admiralty decided to deploy several torpedo boats to overseas bases.  In July the responsible authorities at Portsmouth were "ordered to forward a couple of first-class torpedo boats to Malta and Gibraltar."<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 22 July, 1880.  Issue '''29940''', col B, p. 13.</ref>  Resultantly, ''T.B. 9'' was taken out to Malta from Portsmouth aboard the troopship ''[[H.M.S. Tamar (1863|Tamar]]'' in August 1880 alongside her sister {{UK-2TB7}}, destined for Gibraltar.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 20 August, 1880.  Issue '''29965''', col A, p. 8.</ref>   
In the summer of 1880 the Admiralty decided to deploy several torpedo boats to overseas bases.  In July the responsible authorities at Portsmouth were "ordered to forward a couple of first-class torpedo boats to Malta and Gibraltar."<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 22 July, 1880.  Issue '''29940''', col B, p. 13.</ref>  Resultantly, ''T.B. 9'' was taken out to Malta from Portsmouth aboard the troopship {{UK-Tamar}} in August 1880 alongside her sister {{UK-2TB7}}, destined for Gibraltar.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 20 August, 1880.  Issue '''29965''', col A, p. 8.</ref>   


In 1881, ''T.B. 9'' was listed as being fitted for Whitehead and was the only boat serving out of Malta.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}
In 1881, ''T.B. 9'' was listed as being fitted for Whitehead and was the only boat serving out of Malta.{{ARTS1881|p. 35}}


In 1895, she was one of ten first-class T.B.s stationed in Malta.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
In 1895, she was one of ten first-class T.B.s stationed in Malta.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
''T.B. 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> hull was sold for scrapping at Malta in 1900.  Her engine was removed for use at [[Malta Dockyard]].{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 18:19, 12 August 2014

H.M. T.B. 9 (1878)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Ordered: 3 October, 1877[2]
Launched: 1879[3]
Completed: 1879[4]
Broken up: 1900[5]

H.M. T.B. 9 was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Service

In the summer of 1880 the Admiralty decided to deploy several torpedo boats to overseas bases. In July the responsible authorities at Portsmouth were "ordered to forward a couple of first-class torpedo boats to Malta and Gibraltar."[6] Resultantly, T.B. 9 was taken out to Malta from Portsmouth aboard the troopship Tamar in August 1880 alongside her sister T.B. 7, destined for Gibraltar.[7]

In 1881, T.B. 9 was listed as being fitted for Whitehead and was the only boat serving out of Malta.[8]

In 1895, she was one of ten first-class T.B.s stationed in Malta.[9]

T.B. 9's hull was sold for scrapping at Malta in 1900. Her engine was removed for use at Malta Dockyard.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101.
  2. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  3. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  4. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  5. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 22 July, 1880. Issue 29940, col B, p. 13.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 20 August, 1880. Issue 29965, col A, p. 8.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  10. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.

Bibliography


T.B. 1 Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Lightning
  T.B. 1  
Thornycroft Repeat Lightnings
T.B. 2 T.B. 3 T.B. 4 T.B. 5 T.B. 6
  T.B. 7 T.B. 8 T.B. 9  
  T.B. 10 T.B. 11 T.B. 12  
Other Builders
T.B. 13 T.B. 14 T.B. 15 T.B. 17 T.B. 18
  T.B. 19 T.B. 20  
  Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 63 –>
  First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 39 Class –>
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