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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}}
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 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}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 19:52, 25 January 2020

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 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]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  3. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 26, 1909; pg. 7; Issue 39048.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 June 1912, p. 6.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 318.
  10. Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/97. f. 51.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  12. Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
  13. Bowles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/144. f. 245.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 399.
  15. Johnson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/82. f. ?.
  16. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 400.
  17. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 401.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401.
  20. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  21. Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/304. f. ?.
  22. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  23. Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/304. f. ?.
  24. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
  25. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399s.
  26. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 955.
  27. Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. ?.
  28. Constable Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/25. f. ?.

Bibliography


Cricket Class First-class Torpedo Boat
1905 Order
T.B. 1 T.B. 2 T.B. 3 T.B. 4 T.B. 5
T.B. 6 T.B. 7 T.B. 8 T.B. 9 T.B. 10
  T.B. 11 T.B. 12  
November 1906 Order
T.B. 13 T.B. 14 T.B. 15 T.B. 16 T.B. 17
T.B. 18 T.B. 19 T.B. 20 T.B. 21 T.B. 22
  T.B. 23 T.B. 24  
September 1907 Order
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  
<– T.B. 114 Class Torpedo Boats (UK)  
<– T.B. 114 Class First-class Torpedo Boats (UK)