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	In typically maddening British manner, the 1st class Torpedo Boats were originally numbered in the ordinary manner. This proved too simple, and so they started naming their second class boats ''''''the exact same damn names'''''. Eventually, it was determined that having 2 boats named T.B. # might be confusing. Some time between 1905 and 1908,<ref>Inferring this from editions 1905 and 1908 of ''Brassey's Naval Annual''.</ref> it was decided to renumber all the 1st class T.B.s with a leading zero at that point, e.g. T.B. 45 became T.B. 045. For now, we assume they always had these more sensible names.