HM Torpedo Boat 79

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Torpedo Boat 79, 1886
Type: Torpedo Boat ; Armament 2 x 3pdr, 5 x TT
Launched : 1886 ; Disposal date or year : 1919
Disposal Details : sold .
Displacement: 75 tons
Notes:

Autumn 1889 involved in naval manoeuvres, and commanded by Sub-Lieutenant Prince George of Wales. Prince George recovered another torpedo boat which had got on shore.

Circa 1906 renamed 079

1914 Based at Sheerness - Chatham - in active commission. Tender to Actaeon