H.M. T.B. 25 (1885)
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| H.M. T.B. 25 (1885) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[1] |
| Ordered: | 24 February, 1885[2] |
| Launched: | 7 October, 1885[3] |
| Sold: | October 1919[4] |
H.M. T.B. 25 was the prototype vessel of the 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.
Construction & Service
T.B. 25 was designed as a lengthened version of the earlier Childers built for the Victorian Navy of Australia.[5] Her design included a low "bull nose" bow that included a fixed torpedo tube. This bow proved totally unsatisfactory owing to the amount of water that washed over the decks, and she was soon rebuilt with a conventional straight stem without a bow tube.[6]
Commissioned as tender to Valorous in June 1886 for flotilla manoeuvres.[7][8]
An explosion aboard during the Annual Manoeuvres of 1892 injured three men, one of whom soon died at Haulbowline Hospital.[9]
In 1895, she was one of twenty-three torpedo boats of at least 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with four smaller ones.[10]
Around 1906-1907, with the issuance of torpedo boat numbers to the first of the Cricket class torpedo boats, the existing Torpedo Boats numbered 25 to 79 had a "0" prepended to their number. This vessel, therefore, became T.B. 025.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant in Command Henry B. Jackson, 1 June, 1886[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander John H. Robertson, 4 June, 1886[13] – 17 June, 1886[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander George Le C. Egerton, 17 June, 1886[15][16] – 28 August, 1886[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Cecil F. Lambert, 4 July, 1888[18][19] – 30 August, 1888[20] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1888)
- Gunner in Command Richard C. Steele, 18 July, 1889[21] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1889)
- Gunner (in Command?) Michael J. Ahern, 8 July, 1891 – 2 September, 1891 (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1891)
- Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Vincent B. Molteno, 16 July, 1892[22] – August, 1892[23] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1892)
- Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Ernest W. Leir, 21 July, 1903[24][25] – 18 August, 1903[26] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Eustace R. D. Long, 14 July, 1904[27] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
- Chief Gunner (T) in Command Edward Walker, 12 January, 1905[28] – 19 June, 1905[29]
- Gunner (T) in Command Frederick W. Smith, 20 June, 1905[30]
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest T. Favell, 3 May, 1906[31][32] – 27 November, 1906
- Sub-Lieutenant in Command George Pilkington, June, 1906 – c. July, 1906 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1906)
- Sub-Lieutenant in Command Patrick Macnamara, 27 November, 1906[33][34] – 25 January, 1907[35]
- Lieutenant in Command George A. Saltren-Willett, 25 January, 1907[36][37][38] – 1 February, 1908[39]
- Lieutenant & Commander Henry P. Wilson, 1 February, 1908[40] – 1 February, 1909
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles A. Poignand, 1 February, 1909[41][42] – 5 November, 1909[43]
- Lieutenant & Commander William E. B. Magee, 5 November, 1909[44][45] – 19 March, 1912[46]
- Chief Gunner in Command David R. Roberts, 20 October, 1911[47][48] – 16 January, 1913[49]
- Gunner in Command William D. Hill, 16 January, 1913[50] – 22 May, 1915
- Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Alfred S. Bird, 22 May, 1915[51][52] – 21 April, 1916[53]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Herbert K. Case, 2 September, 1916[54][55] – 31 March, 1918[56]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Charles N. Croysdale, 30 March, 1918[57][58] – 12 March, 1919[59]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
- ↑ Brown. Steam Torpedo Boats. pp. 79-80.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 27 May, 1886. Issue 31770, col D, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 27, 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33728.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 685.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1886). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
- ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col A, p. 4.
- ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Saturday, 16 July, 1892. Issue 33692, col A, p. 17.
- ↑ Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 260.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
- ↑ Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
- ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. ?.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. ?.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 4 May, 1906. Issue 38011, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 399. 8 May specified here.
- ↑ Macnamara Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/130. f. 238.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 399.
- ↑ Macnamara Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/130. f. 238.
- ↑ Saltren-Willett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/126. f. ?.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 26 January, 1907. Issue 38240, col C, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 399.
- ↑ Saltren-Willett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/126. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 400.
- ↑ Poignand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/151. f. 555.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 400.
- ↑ Poignand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/151. f. 555.
- ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
- ↑ Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
- ↑ Roberts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/397.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 401.
- ↑ Roberts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/397.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401a.
- ↑ Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/163. f. 163.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
- ↑ Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/163. f. 163.
- ↑ Case Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/121. f. 121.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399u.
- ↑ Case Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/121. f. 121.
- ↑ Croysdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/178. f. 178.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 957.
- ↑ Croysdale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/178. f. 178.
Bibliography
- Brown, David K. (2005). Jordan, John. ed. "Steam Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy". Warship 2005: pp. 73-96.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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| <– | H.M. T.B. 81 | Torpedo Boats (UK) | H.M. T.B. 80 | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | H.M. T.B. 81 | First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) | H.M. T.B. 80 | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
