H.M. T.B. 66 (1885)

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H.M. T.B. 66 (1885)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Ordered: 30/31 March, 1885[2]
Launched: 1885[3]
Completed: August 1886[4]
Sold: 30 June, 1920[5]

H.M. T.B. 66 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.

Service

She commissioned on 18 July to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1894 as one of three boats in the Kingstown Division of the Blue Side.[6]

In 1895, she was one of twenty-three torpedo boats of at least 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with four smaller ones.[7]

She commissioned on 8 July to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896.[8]

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. 066.[9]

Sold to Ward, Hayle for scrapping on 30 June, 1920.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

The confusion between Kennedy-Purvis and Nash is noted.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311. Date is listed as uncertain.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103. The date of launch is imprecise.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  6. "The Naval Manoeuvres of 1894." The Times (London, England), July 18, 1894, Issue 34319, p.13.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  9. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
  10. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  11. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
  12. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col A, p. 4.
  13. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  14. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  15. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Saturday, 16 July, 1892. Issue 33692, col A, p. 17.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
  17. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  18. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 156.
  19. "The Naval Mobilization". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1899. Issue 35877, col C, p. 10.
  20. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 5, 1900, Issue 36186, p.10.
  21. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  22. Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/143. f. 547.
  23. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
  24. Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  25. Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  26. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 399.
  27. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 15 October, 1906. Issue 38152, col C, p. 5.
  28. Champion de Crespigny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/20. f. 181.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 399.
  30. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  31. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/168. f. 258.
  32. Brooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/168. f. 258.
  33. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401b.
  34. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401b.
  35. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 399v.
  36. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399v.
  37. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 958.

Bibliography


125 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Prototype
  T.B. 25  
Thornycroft Boats
T.B. 26 T.B. 27 T.B. 28 T.B. 29 T.B. 41
T.B. 42 T.B. 43 T.B. 44 T.B. 45 T.B. 46
T.B. 47 T.B. 48 T.B. 49 T.B. 50 T.B. 51
T.B. 52 T.B. 53 T.B. 54 T.B. 55 T.B. 56
  T.B. 57 T.B. 58 T.B. 59 T.B. 60  
Yarrow Boats
T.B. 30 T.B. 31 T.B. 32 T.B. 33 T.B. 61
T.B. 62 T.B. 63 T.B. 64 T.B. 65 T.B. 66
T.B. 67 T.B. 68 T.B. 69 T.B. 70 T.B. 71
T.B. 72 T.B. 73 T.B. 74 T.B. 75 T.B. 76
  T.B. 77 T.B. 78  
White Boats
T.B. 34 T.B. 35 T.B. 36 T.B. 37 T.B. 38
Yarrow Special
  T.B. 79  
<– H.M. T.B. 81 Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>
<– H.M. T.B. 81 First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>