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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M. T.B. 6 (1906)|fatedate=1920{{Conways1906|p. 72}}
|order=late 1905{{Conways1906|p. 72}}
|name=T.B. 6
|launch=24 Jun, 1906{{Conways1906|p. 72}}
|laid=1 Sep, 1905{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 305}}
|comp=Dec, 1906{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 305}}
|builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 72}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 6''' was one of 36 first-class torpedo boats of the [[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|''Cricket'' class]].

Originally named '''H.M.S. ''Gadfly''''', her name was changed to ''Torpedo Boat No. 6'' in 1907.

==Service==
Re-commissioned 27 August, 1909 under command of B. M. Harvey.{{NMI|Thursday, Aug 26, 1909; pg. 7; Issue 39048}}

On 31 May, 1912 while attached to the [[Nore Local Defence Flotilla]], T.B. 6 collided with the government tug ''Marmion''.   Ten feet of the torpedo boat's  stem was twisted to port; the tug emerged unhurt.  T.B. 6 was docked.{{NMI|1 June 1912, p. 6}}  The Admiralty concluded that the captain of the torpedo boat, [[Ronald Mountstevens Fraser|Ronald M. Fraser]] had made an unseamanlike manoeuvre.<ref>Fraser Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/268.|}} f. 144.</ref>

On 23 March 1918, she collided with {{UK-TB034}} due to carelessness on the part of ''T.B. 6{{'}}s'' commander, {{LieutRNR}} [[James Leonard Payne Sibree]].<ref>Sibree Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/110.|}} f. 110.</ref>

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Francis Hyde|nick=George F. Hyde|appt=21 December, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 318}}|end=29 September, 1908<ref>Hyde Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/97.|D7605184}} f. 51.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Bernard Matheson Harvey|nick=Bernard M. Harvey|appt=29 September, 1908{{NLApr10|p. 399}}|end=27 December, 1910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Guy Percival Bowles|nick=Guy P. Bowles|appt=December, 1910<ref>Bowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/144.|D7604556}} f. 245.</ref>|end=15 February, 1911<ref>Bowles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/144.|D7604556}} f. 245.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Hugh Coningsby Johnson|nick=Hugh C. Johnson|appt=15 February, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 399}}|end=4 January, 1912<ref>Johnson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/82.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ronald Mountstevens Fraser|nick=Ronald M. Fraser|appt=4 January, 1912{{NLAug12|p. 400}}|end=28 October, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=William James Frederick Dunlop|nick=William J. F. Dunlop|appt=28 October, 1912{{NLDec13|p. 401}}|end=20 January, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Albert Edward Dixie|nick=Albert E. Dixie|appt=August, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 401}}|end=6 May, 1915{{NLApr15|p. 401}}{{NLOct15|p. 400}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Francis Ernest Wright|nick=Francis E. Wright|appt=6 May, 1915<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/304.|D7605059}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 400}}|end=1 August, 1916<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/304.|D7605059}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harold Percy Keeley|nick=Harold P. Keeley|appt=1 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 400}}|end=11 December, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Wilfred Hamilton|nick=Wilfred Hamilton|appt=13 October, 1916<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/38/140.|}}  f. 75.</ref>|end=23 November, 1916<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/38/140.|}}  f. 75.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Leonard Payne Sibree|nick=James L. P. Sibree|appt=10 December, 1916<ref>Sibree Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/110.|}} f. 110.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 399''s''}}|end=9 July, 1918<ref>Sibree Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/110.|}} f. 110.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=James Marshall|nick=James Marshall|appt=2 July, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 955}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Robert Constable|nick=Robert Constable|appt=29 March, 1919<ref>Constable Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/25.|D8127925}} f. 25.</ref>|end=17 October, 1919<ref>Constable Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/25.|D8127925}} f. 25.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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