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In March, 1910, ''T.B. 21'' was in the {{UK-DF|3}}, which was then part of the Third Division, Home Fleet.{{NLApr10|p. 269''a''}}
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By mid-1914, she was with the {{UK-DF|7}}, a Patrol Flotilla in Home and Atlantic Waters.  Around February, 1915, she moved to join the [[Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla]].{{SMNLMar15|p. 16}}
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In December, 1916, she left the local defence flotilla to become one of four T.Bs. under command of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth alongside the {{UK-DF|4}} (then ten destroyers) and the [[Portsmouth Escort Flotilla]] (then twelve destroyers and four patrol  boats).  She would remain so disposed through the end of the war.
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In December, 1918 she moved to become one of eight torpedo boats in reserve, first in Portsmouth, then in Devonport.{{SMNLJan19|and Supplements through April, 1919}}  By late April, she is nowhere to be found.  She was sold on 17 October, 1920 and resold in August, 1924.{{DittColl|p. 81}}
  
 
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Revision as of 12:06, 8 December 2016

H.M. T.B. 21 (1907)
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[1]
Ordered: November 1906[2]
Laid down: 7 May, 1907[3]
Launched: 20 Dec, 1907[4]
Completed: Mar, 1908[5]
Sold: 1920[6]
H.M. T.B. 21 was one of thirty-six first-class torpedo boats of the Cricket class.

Service

In March, 1910, T.B. 21 was in the Third Destroyer Flotilla, which was then part of the Third Division, Home Fleet.[7]

By mid-1914, she was with the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla, a Patrol Flotilla in Home and Atlantic Waters. Around February, 1915, she moved to join the Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla.[8]

In December, 1916, she left the local defence flotilla to become one of four T.Bs. under command of the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth alongside the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla (then ten destroyers) and the Portsmouth Escort Flotilla (then twelve destroyers and four patrol boats). She would remain so disposed through the end of the war.

In December, 1918 she moved to become one of eight torpedo boats in reserve, first in Portsmouth, then in Devonport.[9] By late April, she is nowhere to be found. She was sold on 17 October, 1920 and resold in August, 1924.[10]

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. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 269a.
  8. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). p. 16.
  9. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1919). and Supplements through April, 1919.
  10. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 81.
  11. Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 399.
  13. Castle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/119. f. 131.
  14. White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  15. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 399.
  16. White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/373. f. 422.
  17. Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 103.
  18. Fox Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/98. f. ?.
  19. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
  20. Fox Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/98. f. ?.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 400.
  22. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  23. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  24. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  25. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
  26. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399s.
  27. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 955.

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)