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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''B 6''''' was one of 11 submarines of the [["B" Class Submarine (1904)|B class]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''B 6''''' was one of eleven [["B" Class Submarine (1904)|"B" class coastal submarines]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
==Service==
 
Around November, 1915, ''B 6'' was assigned to the [[British Adriatic Squadron]], becoming one of a six "B" class boats in the formation.  At a time when it coastal submarines were enjoying ever-less utility, the Adriatic was well-suited to operations by such handy craft.
 
''B 6'' was withdrawn from service around November 1916 and taken to Malta, where she would be reconfigured for surface-only operation as an "S" class patrol boat.  She returned with three sisters to the Adriatic Squadron in August 1917.


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* Lieutenant & Commander [[Geoffrey R. S. Watkins]], 14 August, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913) p. 296.</ref>
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=21 January, 1906{{NLOct08|p. 318}}<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|end=12 January, 1909<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Geoffrey Nepean Biggs|nick=Geoffrey N. Biggs|appt=1 January, 1909{{NLApr10|p. 319}}|end=2 December, 1910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins|nick=Geoffrey R. S. Watkins|appt=2 December, 1910<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>{{NLMar11|p. 317}}|end=20 February, 1914<ref>Watkins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/154.|D7576683}} f. 239.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Philip Esmonde Phillips|nick=Philip E. Phillips|appt=20 February, 1914<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>{{NLJun14|p. 299}}|end=7 November, 1914<ref>Phillips Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/173.|D7604928}} f. 184.</ref>|note=invalided with arm injury}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Colin George MacArthur|nick=Colin G. MacArthur|appt=7 December, 1914{{NavAppts|Tuesday, Dec 22, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40732}}|end=}}
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==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 22:10, 22 June 2020

H.M.S. B 6 (1905)
Pendant Number: I.26 (1914)
B.6 (mid 1915)[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Launched: 30 Nov, 1905[3]
Sold: 1919[4]

H.M.S. B 6 was one of eleven "B" class coastal submarines completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Around November, 1915, B 6 was assigned to the British Adriatic Squadron, becoming one of a six "B" class boats in the formation. At a time when it coastal submarines were enjoying ever-less utility, the Adriatic was well-suited to operations by such handy craft.

B 6 was withdrawn from service around November 1916 and taken to Malta, where she would be reconfigured for surface-only operation as an "S" class patrol boat. She returned with three sisters to the Adriatic Squadron in August 1917.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 82.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 87.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 318.
  6. ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  7. ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 319.
  9. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  10. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 317.
  11. ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
  12. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 299.
  14. ↑ Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/173. f. 184.
  15. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 22, 1914; pg. 4; Issue 40732.

Bibliography


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