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Revision as of 18:14, 21 November 2013

H.M. T.B. 87 (1884)
Builder: Yarrow[1]
Launched: 1884[2]
Sold: 1920[3]

H.M. T.B. 87 was one of 6 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 82 class.

Service

In 1895, she was one of thirteen T.B.s of 125 feet or greater length and four smaller ones stationed in Devonport.[4]

In July 1914, T.B. 87 took part in the Test Mobilisation.[5]

In July, 1918, the boat and three minelayers from the Fast (15th Fleet) Sweeping Flotilla were the only defence forces in Falmouth.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104. The date of launch is imprecise.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 18.
  4. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  5. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 109 of 10 July 1914.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 16.

Bibliography

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