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==Service== | ==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== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{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={{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=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=}} | {{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={{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={{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={{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=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=December, 1916}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harold Percy Keeley|nick=Harold P. Keeley|appt=1 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 400}}|end=11 December, 1916}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Leonard Payne Sibree|nick=James L. P. Sibree|appt=10 December, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 399''s''}}|end=}} | {{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={{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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Latest revision as of 12:34, 9 August 2022
| H.M. T.B. 6 (1906) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[1] |
| Ordered: | late 1905[2] |
| Laid down: | 1 Sep, 1905[3] |
| Launched: | 24 Jun, 1906[4] |
| Completed: | Dec, 1906[5] |
| Sold: | 1920[6] |
H.M. T.B. 6 was one of 36 first-class torpedo boats of the 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.[7]
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.[8] The Admiralty concluded that the captain of the torpedo boat, Ronald M. Fraser had made an unseamanlike manoeuvre.[9]
On 23 March 1918, she collided with T.B. 034 due to carelessness on the part of T.B. 6's commander, Lieutenant R.N.R. James Leonard Payne Sibree.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander George F. Hyde, 21 December, 1906[11] – 29 September, 1908[12]
- Lieutenant & Commander Bernard M. Harvey, 29 September, 1908[13] – 27 December, 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander Guy P. Bowles, December, 1910[14] – 15 February, 1911[15]
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh C. Johnson, 15 February, 1911[16] – 4 January, 1912[17]
- Lieutenant & Commander Ronald M. Fraser, 4 January, 1912[18] – 28 October, 1912
- Lieutenant & Commander William J. F. Dunlop, 28 October, 1912[19] – 20 January, 1914
- Lieutenant-Commander Albert E. Dixie, August, 1914[20] – 6 May, 1915[21][22]
- Lieutenant in Command Francis E. Wright, 6 May, 1915[23][24] – 1 August, 1916[25]
- Lieutenant in Command Harold P. Keeley, 1 August, 1916[26] – 11 December, 1916
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Wilfred Hamilton, 13 October, 1916[27] – 23 November, 1916[28] (temporary)
- Lieutenant in Command James L. P. Sibree, 10 December, 1916[29][30] – 9 July, 1918[31]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command James Marshall, 2 July, 1918[32]
- Lieutenant in Command Robert Constable, 29 March, 1919[33] – 17 October, 1919[34]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 26, 1909; pg. 7; Issue 39048.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 June 1912, p. 6.
- ↑ Fraser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/268. f. 144.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 318.
- ↑ Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/97. f. 51.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 399.
- ↑ Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/82. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
- ↑ Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/304. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
- ↑ Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/304. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/140. f. 75.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/38/140. f. 75.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399s.
- ↑ Sibree Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/110. f. 110.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 955.
- ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
- ↑ Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. 25.
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| T.B. 25 | T.B. 26 | T.B. 27 | T.B. 28 | T.B. 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T.B. 30 | T.B. 31 | T.B. 32 | T.B. 33 | T.B. 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T.B. 35 | T.B. 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| <– | T.B. 114 Class | First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
