H.M. T.B. 52 (1885)

H.M. T.B. 52 (1886)
Builder:	Thornycroft
Ordered:	30 April/1 May, 1885
Launched:	1886
Completed:	September 1886
Sold:	19 December, 1919

H.M. T.B. 52 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.

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. 052.

Service

In 1895, she was one of thirteen T.B.s of 125 feet or greater length and four smaller ones stationed in Devonport.

Sold to Multilocular Shipbreaking Co. on 19 December, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant & Commander Godfrey H. B. Mundy, 1 July, 1887  (lent for manoeuvres & Jubilee Review)
• Lieutenant & Commander Robert J. Prendergast, 4 July, 1888 – 25 August, 1888  (for manoeuvres)
• Lieutenant Philip J. Hodges, 22 July 1890  (for manoeuvres)
• Lieutenant Reginald H. S. Bacon, 21 July 1891  (for manoeuvres)
• Sub-Lieutenant in Command Louis C. S. Woollcombe, 11 July, 1893 – 17 August, 1893  (for manoeuvres)
• Sub-Lieutenant in Command John S. G. Fraser, 14 July, 1904 – 25 October, 1904  (for manoeuvres)
• Lieutenant & Commander Hugh T. England, 3 January, 1905 – 10 November, 1905
• Sub-Lieutenant in Command Ralph L. Clayton, 10 November, 1905 – 1 November, 1906
• Lieutenant & Commander Guy C. C. Royle, 1 November, 1906 – 23 November, 1906  (remained as Lieut until 16 July, 1907)
• Lieutenant & Commander Herbert F. Littledale, 3 March, 1908 – 22 July, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander Francis H. W. Goolden, 15 December, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander John L. Field, 7 September, 1911 – 1914
• Lieutenant in Command William Ahern, 10 March, 1914 – 1919^{[Fact Check]}

See Also

• Wikipedia