H.M. T.B. 77 (1885)
| H.M. T.B. 77 (1885) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Yarrow & Company[1] |
| Ordered: | 30/31 March, 1885[2] |
| Launched: | 1885[3] |
| Completed: | August 1886[4] |
| Sold: | 27 March, 1920[5] |
H.M. T.B. 77 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.
Service
An engine telegraph malfunction caused T.B. 63 to collide with T.B. 77 as the former boat was getting underway in Sheerness Harbour on 5 July 1888. When the Lieutenant in charge of 63 gave the order from the bridge to go astern, the remote telegraph indicated "Full speed ahead", and 63 leapt forward with much gusto and struck 77 with such effect that the latter had difficulty remaining afloat. A Court of Inquiry was to be held to probe this misadventure.[6]
T.B. 77 collided with and sank her sister T.B. 75 on 8 August, 1892 during operations in the Maidens.[7]
She commissioned on 18 July to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1894 as one of three boats in the Kingstown Division of the Blue Side.[8]
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.[9]
She was commissioned on 8 July 1896 in order to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896.
She was reboilered during 1905, and was recommissioned at Sheerness on July 1 with a nucleus crew.[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. 077.[11]
She was damaged through grounding under the command of Gunner James Hill in April, 1912.
Sold to Stanlee of Dover on 27 March, 1920.[12]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Edward F. B. Charlton, 18 July, 1889[13] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1889)
- Lieutenant in Command Wilmot S. Nicholson, 21 July, 1892[14] – August, 1892[15]
- Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Thomas P. Bonham, 11 July, 1893[16] – c. mid August, 1893[Inference] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1893)
- Sub-Lieutenant in Command Alan C. Bruce, 18 July, 1894[17] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
- Sub-Lieutenant in Command Rudolf M. Burmester, 8 July, 1896[18] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
- Lieutenant in Command Thomas J. Croker, 15 June, 1897[19] – 10 July, 1897[20] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant in Command Cecil V. Usborne, 3 July, 1900[21] – 1 October, 1900[22] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1900)
- Lieutenant & Commander Victor H. Gascoigne, 21 July, 1903[23][24] – 18 August, 1903[25] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Boatswain (T) in Command Frederick W. Long, 1 July, 1905[26] – 10 February, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Lancelot A. W. Spooner, 9 January, 1906[27] – 26 March, 1907
- Lieutenant & Commander Thomas J. Linberry, 26 March, 1907[28] – 18 February, 1908[29]
- Lieutenant & Commander Harold D. Adair-Hall, 18 February, 1908[30][31] – 14 December, 1909[32]
- Lieutenant & Commander Geoffrey S. Holden, 14 December, 1909[33][34] – 25 February, 1911[35]
- Lieutenant & Commander Gerald F. W. Addison, 25 February, 1911[36] – March, 1911
- Gunner in Command James Hill, c. March 1912 – 9 May, 1912
- Gunner in Command George Harris, 3 May, 1912[37] – 13 June, 1912[38]
- Gunner in Command Frank R. Gandy, 1 August, 1914[39] – 15 June, 1915
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William A. Thompson, 15 June, 1915[40][41] – 6 April, 1916[42]
- Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Gilbert R. Gilbert, 6 April, 1916[43] – 15 August, 1917[44]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William G. Busk-Wood, 15 August, 1917[45] – 23 November, 1918[46]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311. Date listed as uncertain.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103. The date of launch is imprecise.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 06, 1888; pg. 8; Issue 32431.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres of 1894." The Times (London, England), July 18, 1894, Issue 34319, p.13.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 17 June, 1905. Issue 37736, col D, p. 12.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
- ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 239.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 3 July, 1896; pg. 12.
- ↑ Croker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/298. f. 301.
- ↑ Croker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/298. f. 301.
- ↑ Usborne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/115. f. 118.
- ↑ Usborne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/115. f. 118.
- ↑ Gascoigne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/125. f. 128.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ Gascoigne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/125. f. 128.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 399.
- ↑ Linberry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/145. f. 148.
- ↑ Linberry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/145. f. 148.
- ↑ Adair-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/29/239. f. 128.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 399.
- ↑ Adair-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/29/239. f. 128.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
- ↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
- ↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 401.
- ↑ Harris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/866. f. 390.
- ↑ Harris Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/866. f. 390.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401b.
- ↑ Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 340/135/22. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401b.
- ↑ Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 340/135/22. f. ?.
- ↑ Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/170. f. 170.
- ↑ Gilbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/57/170. f. 170.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 958.
- ↑ Busk-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/73. f. 73.
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