''TB 191'' was a second-class

torpedo boat A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs were steam-powered craft dedicated to ramming enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of ...

constructed for the

Colony of Tasmania The Colony of Tasmania (more commonly referred to simply as "Tasmania") was a British colony that existed on the island of Tasmania from 1856 until 1901, when it federated together with the five other Australian colonies to form the Commonweal ...

and later operated by the Commonwealth Naval Forces and the

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. She was sold in 1911.

Design and construction

''TB 191'' was ordered by the Australian colonial government of

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

in 1882 to protect the colony from possible Russian or French attack, and was built by John I. Thornycroft & Company. The torpedo boat was long, with a draught of , and a displacement of 12.5 tons, similar to the other torpedo boats ordered by the other Australian colonies.

Operational history

Built at a cost of £4,011, ''TB 191'' arrived in Tasmania on board SS ''Abington'' on 1 May 1884. Operated by the Tasmanian Torpedo Corps, she appears to not have been used much in service of the Tasmanian colony. She was sold in 1905 to the

Colony of South Australia A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule, which rules the territory and its indigenous peoples separated from the foreign rulers, the colonizer, and their '' metropole'' (or "mother country"). This separated rule was often or ...

, being towed to Adelaide by HMCS ''Protector'', before becoming part of the Commonwealth Naval Forces. She was sold in 1911.

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