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Naval history of the Torpedo Boat
Destroyers including HMS Sturgeon, HMS Daring, HMS Ardent and the unique Torpedo Boat Depot Ship
HMS Vulcan.
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| Many
of the Torpedo Boat destroyers listed below are also listed under
destroyers as the early years they were classed the same |
| Ships Name |
Launch Date |
Fate |
| 1st
Class Torpedo Boats |
| |
| HMS Lightning (TB1) |
1876 |
Broken up 1896 |
TB1 HMS Lightning, 1877.
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| |
| TB2 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 |
| TB3 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 |
| TB4 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 |
| TB5 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 |
| TB6 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 |
| TB7 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 at Gibraltar |
| TB8 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 at Hong Kong |
| TB9 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 at Hong Kong |
| TB10 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 at Hong Kong |
| TB11 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 at Hong Kong |
| TB12 |
1878 - 79 |
Sold for breaking 1894 - 1906 |
| |
| TB13 |
1878 |
Broken up 1896 |
| |
| TB14 |
1878-9 |
Broken up 1904 |
| |
| TB15 |
1879 |
Hull became a retaining wall in 1903. |
| |
| TB17 |
1878 |
Originally built for Russia, but outbreak of
Russo-Turkish War resulted in boat being purchased by the Admiralty.
Sold in Malta, 1907. |
| TB18 |
1878 |
Originally built for Russia, but outbreak of
Russo-Turkish War resulted in boat being purchased by the Admiralty.
Sold in Gibraltar, 1902. |
Crew member of TB18.
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| |
| TB19 |
1878 |
Discarded 1886, broken up 1899. |
| |
| TB20 |
1880 |
Sold for scrapping in Hong Kong, 1903. |
| |
| TB21 |
1884-5 |
Sold Malta, 1907 |
| TB22 |
1884-5 |
Sold Malta, 1907 |
| |
| TB23 |
1884-6 |
Sold 1905 |
|
TB23, 1901.
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| TB24 |
1884-6 |
Sold 1904 |
| |
| TB25 |
1885-6 |
Broken up after 1918. |
| |
| TB26 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
|
TB26, 1886.
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| TB27 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB28 |
1885-6 |
Stranded and sunk as target at Cape Town, 1898. |
| TB29 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| |
| TB30 |
1885-7 |
Broken up before 1914 |
| TB31 |
1885-7 |
Broken up before 1914 |
| TB32 |
1885-7 |
Broken up before 1914 |
| TB33 |
1885-7 |
Broken up 1919-23 |
| |
| TB34 |
1885-7 |
Broken up 1919 |
| TB35 |
1885-7 |
Broken up 1919 |
| TB36 |
1885-7 |
Broken up 1919 |
| TB37 |
1885-7 |
Broken up 1919 |
| TB38 |
1886 |
Broken up 1919 |
HMTB38.
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Torpedo Boat 38 at Hong Kong, c.1910.
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| |
| TB39 |
1886-7 |
Built for Chile, purchased by UK in 1885 during the
Russian War scare and sent to Canada. Sold for scrap 1905. |
| TB40 |
1886-7 |
Built for Chile, purchased by UK in 1885 during the
Russian War scare and sent to Canada. Sold for scrap 1905. |
| |
| TB41 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB42 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB43 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB44 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB45 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB46 |
1885-6 |
Sank in tow 1915, raised. Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB47 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1905-13 |
| TB48 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1905-13 |
| TB49 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB50 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB51 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1905-13 |
| TB52 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB53 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1905-13 |
| TB54 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB55 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB56 |
1885-6 |
Sunk 1906 |
| TB57 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB58 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
TB58, 1886.
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| TB59 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1905-13 |
TB59, 1886.
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| TB60 |
1885-6 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| |
| TB61 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped before 1914 |
| TB62 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped before 1914 |
| TB63 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB64 |
1885-7 |
Wrecked 1915 |
| TB65 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
TB65, 1886.
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| TB66 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
TB66, 1886.
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| TB67 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB68 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB69 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB70 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB71 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB72 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
HMTB No.72
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| TB73 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB74 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB75 |
1885-7 |
Lost in collision 1892. |
|
TB75.
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| TB76 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB77 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| TB78 |
1885-7 |
Scrapped 1919-23 |
| |
| TB79 |
1886 |
Broken up 1919 |
| |
| TB80 |
1886-7 |
Broken up 1921 |
| |
| TB81 HMS Swift |
1884-7 |
Broken up 1921 |
| |
| TB82 |
1884 |
Broken up 1919-21 |
| TB83 |
1884 |
Broken up 1919-21 |
Torpedo Boat No.83 pictured pre 1896.
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| TB84 |
1884 |
Sunk in collision with HMS Ardent, 1906. |
| TB85 |
1884 |
Broken up 1919-21 |
|
HMTB85.
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| TB86 |
1884 |
Broken up 1919-21 |
| TB87 |
1884 |
Broken up 1919-21 |
| |
| TB88 |
1892-4 |
Broken up 1919 |
| TB89 |
1892-4 |
Broken up 1919 |
| |
| TB90 |
1892-5 |
Capsized off Gibraltar, 1918. |
| |
| TB91 |
1892-4 |
Broken up 1919-20 |
| TB92 |
1892-4 |
Broken up 1919-20 |
TB92, 1893.
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| TB93 |
1892-4 |
Sold for scrap 1919 |
TB93, 1893.
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| |
| TB94 |
1892-5 |
Scrapped 1919 |
| TB95 |
1892-5 |
Scrapped 1919 |
|
Torpedo Boat 95 alongside HMS Hebe, the latter
having run aground.
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| TB96 |
1892-5 |
Sunk in collision, 1915. |
TB96, 1893.
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| |
| TB97 |
1892-4 |
Sold 1920 at Gibraltar. |
| |
| TB98 |
1900-01 |
Broken up 1920 |
|
TB98, 1900.
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TB98, 1900.
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| TB99 |
1900-01 |
Sunk 1907. Raised and finally scrapped 1920. |
| |
| TB100 (RIM No.1 Baluchi) |
1887-8 |
Scrapped 1909. |
| |
| TB101 (RIM N0.7 Gurkha) |
1887-8 |
Scrapped 1920 |
| |
| TB102 (RIM No.2 Karen) |
1887-8 |
Broken up 1909 |
| TB103 (RIM No.3 Pathan) |
1887-8 |
Broken up 1909 |
| |
| TB104 (RIM No.4 Mahratta) |
1889 |
Scrapped 1920 |
| TB105 (RIM No.5 Sikh) |
1889 |
Scrapped 1920 |
| TB106 (RIM No.6 Rajput) |
1889 |
Scrapped 1910 |
| |
| TB107 |
1900-01 |
Scrapped 1920 |
|
TB107, 1900.
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| TB108 |
1900-01 |
Scrapped 1920 |
| |
| TB109 |
1901-03 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB110 |
1901-03 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
Torpedo Boat No.110
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Crew of HMTB110.
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| TB111 |
1901-03 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB112 |
1901-03 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
| TB113 |
1901-03 |
Scrapped 1919-20 |
TB113, 1902.
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| |
| TB114 |
1902-05 |
Scrapped 1919-21 |
| TB115 |
1902-05 |
Scrapped 1919-21 |
| TB116 |
1902-05 |
Scrapped 1919-21 |
|
TB116, 1903.
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| TB117 |
1902-05 |
Sunk in collision 1917 |
1st Class Torpedo Boat.
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| 2nd
Class Torpedo Boats |
| PS: Due to
these boats having the same numbers as the first class boats, the
backgrounds have been greyed out to indicate the different class. |
| TB1 |
1883 |
- |
| TB2 |
1883 |
- |
| TB3 |
1883 |
- |
| TB4 |
1883 |
- |
| TB5 |
1883 |
- |
| TB6 |
1883 |
- |
| TB7 |
1883 |
- |
| TB8 |
1883 |
- |
| TB9 |
1883 |
- |
| TB10 |
1887 |
- |
| TB11 |
1887 |
- |
| TB12 |
1888 |
- |
| |
| TB39 |
1889 |
- |
| TB40 |
1889 |
- |
| TB41 |
1889 |
- |
| TB42 |
1889 |
- |
| TB43 |
1889 |
- |
| TB44 |
1889 |
- |
| TB45 |
1889 |
- |
| TB46 |
1889 |
- |
| TB47 |
1889 |
- |
| TB48 |
1889 |
- |
| |
| TB49 |
1888 |
- |
| TB50 |
1888 |
- |
| |
| TB51 |
1878-9 |
- |
|
TB51.
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| TB52 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB53 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB54 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB55 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB56 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB57 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB58 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB59 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB60 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB61 |
1878-9 |
- |
| TB62 |
1878-9 |
- |
| |
| TB63 |
1878 |
Only ever used experimentally. |
| |
| TB64 |
1880-1 |
- |
| TB65 |
1880-1 |
- |
| TB66 |
1880-1 |
- |
| TB67 |
1880-1 |
- |
| TB68 |
1880-1 |
Transferred to Newfoundland. |
| TB69 |
1880-1 |
- |
| TB70 |
1880-1 |
- |
| TB71 |
1880-1 |
- |
| TB72 |
1880-1 |
- |
| TB73 |
1880-1 |
- |
| |
| TB74 |
1881-3 |
- |
| TB75 |
1881-3 |
- |
| |
| TB76 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB77 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB78 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB79 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB80 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB81 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB82 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB83 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB84 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB85 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB86 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB87 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB88 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB89 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB90 |
1880-3 |
- |
| TB91 |
