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* {{LieutRN}} [[Aubrey William Howe|Aubrey W. Howe]], 7 July, 1887, lent for manoeuvres.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 July, 1887.  Issue '''32114''', col C, p. 12.</ref><ref>Howe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}} f. 42.</ref>
 
* {{LieutRN}} [[Aubrey William Howe|Aubrey W. Howe]], 7 July, 1887, lent for manoeuvres.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 July, 1887.  Issue '''32114''', col C, p. 12.</ref><ref>Howe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}} f. 42.</ref>
* {{BosunRN|Boatswain (T)}} in Command [[Joseph Charles Davies|Joseph C. Davies]], 3 January, 1905.{{NLDec05|p. 400}}
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Henry Bradwardine Jackson|Henry B. Jackson]], 4 July, 1888, lent for manoeuvres and for torpedo duties.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 3 July, 1888.  Issue '''32428''', col A, p. 10.</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Henry Bradwardine Jackson|Henry B. Jackson]], 18 July, 1889, lent for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col A, p. 4.</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee|Frederick C. D. Sturdee]], 22 July, 1890, for manoeuvres.<ref>Sturdee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/411}}</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander (T) Frederick C. D. Sturdee, 21 July, 1892, for manoeuvres.<ref>Sturdee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/411}}</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander (T) [[Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|Reginald H. S. Bacon]], 11 July, 1893, for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 10 July, 1893.  Issue '''33999''', col D, p. 10.</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander (T) [[Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair]], 15 June, 1897, for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Review at Spithead".  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 9 June, 1897.  Issue '''35225''', col D, p. 10.</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Frederick Charles Ulick Vernon Wentworth|Frederick C. U. V. Wentworth]], 11 July, 1899, for manoeuvres, and in command of Chatham Torpedo Boat Flotilla.<ref>"The Naval Mobilization".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 10 July, 1899.  Issue '''35877''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Sydney Stewart Hall|Sydney S. Hall]], July 1900, for manoeuvres.<ref>Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/236}}</ref>
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* {{BosunRN}} (T) in Command [[Joseph Charles Davies|Joseph C. Davies]], 3 January, 1905.{{NLDec05|p. 400}}
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Herbert Reginald Lloyd Edwards|Herbert R. L. Edwards]], 12 January, 1906.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 10 January, 1906.  Issue '''37913''', col F, p. 9.</ref>
 
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Charles Rumney Samson|Charles R. Samson]], 3 July, 1906.{{NLJan07|p. 400}}
 
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Charles Rumney Samson|Charles R. Samson]], 3 July, 1906.{{NLJan07|p. 400}}
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Arthur Gerald Harris|Arthur G. Harris]], 18 February, 1908.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 15 February, 1908.  Issue '''38570''', col B, p. 12.</ref>
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Lionel George Preston|Lionel G. Preston]], 7 April, 1908, and for command of flotilla.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 8 April, 1908.  Issue '''38615''', col A, p. 9.</ref>
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* {{CommRN}} Lionel G. Preston, 17 November, 1909, and for command of flotilla. Reappointed on promotion.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 11 November, 1909.  Issue '''39114''', col D, p. 7.</ref>
 
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Leveson Granville Byron Alexander Campbell|Leveson G. B. A. Campbell]], 24 February, 1910.{{NLApr10|p. 401}}
 
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Leveson Granville Byron Alexander Campbell|Leveson G. B. A. Campbell]], 24 February, 1910.{{NLApr10|p. 401}}
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Stephen Phillimore]], 28 August, 1912, and for command of Portland Flotilla.{{NLMar13|p. 401}}
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* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Stephen Phillimore]], 28 August, 1912, and for command of Portland Flotilla.{{NLMar13|p. 401}
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key|Astley D. C. Cooper-Key]], 16 December, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 401''a''}}
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key|Astley D. C. Cooper-Key]], 16 December, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 401''a''}}
 
* {{LieutRN}} in Command [[Leon Stopford Acheson|Leon S. Acheson]], D.S.C., 2 July, 1917.{{NLDec18|p. 956}}
 
* {{LieutRN}} in Command [[Leon Stopford Acheson|Leon S. Acheson]], D.S.C., 2 July, 1917.{{NLDec18|p. 956}}

Revision as of 17:21, 11 April 2014

H.M. T.B. 81 (1884)
Builder: J. S. White[1]
Launched: 1884[2]
Broken up: 1921[3]
H.M. T.B. 81 was built by J. S. White as a private venture. It featured their cut-up stern for maneuverability and a ram bow.

Her original name was Swift, but she received a number soon enough.

She had a single funnel, which was replaced by two when she was reboilered in 1888.[4]

Service

In 1895, she was one of twenty-three T.B.s of at least 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with four smaller T.B.s..[5]

Ran aground off Alderney in 1901 but salvaged and returned to service. Reboilered in 1905.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

As Commissioned

One fixed bow 14 inch torpedo tube and two deck 14 inch torpedo tubes.

Four 3-pounder quick-firing guns.

World War One

One fixed bow 14 inch torpedo tube and two deck 14 inch torpedo tubes.

Three 3-pounder quick-firing guns.

Depth charges.[26]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103. The date of launch is imprecise.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  5. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  8. Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42 f. 42.
  9. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
  10. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col A, p. 4.
  11. Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/411
  12. Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/411
  13. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue 33999, col D, p. 10.
  14. "The Naval Review at Spithead". The Times. Wednesday, 9 June, 1897. Issue 35225, col D, p. 10.
  15. "The Naval Mobilization". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1899. Issue 35877, col C, p. 10.
  16. Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/236
  17. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 400.
  18. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 10 January, 1906. Issue 37913, col F, p. 9.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 400.
  20. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 15 February, 1908. Issue 38570, col B, p. 12.
  21. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 8 April, 1908. Issue 38615, col A, p. 9.
  22. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 11 November, 1909. Issue 39114, col D, p. 7.
  23. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 401.
  24. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401a.
  25. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 956.
  26. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.

Bibliography

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