H.M. T.B. 73 (1885)

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H.M. T.B. 73 (1885)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Ordered: 30/31 March, 1885[2]
Launched: 1885[3]
Completed: 1886[4]
Sold: 5 July, 1923[5]
H.M. T.B. 73 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 T.Bs. of the Piel Division of the Blue Side.[6]

In 1895, she was one of eight large torpedo boats of at least 125 feet length and two smaller ones stationed in Chatham.[7]

She was commissioned on 8 July 1896 in order to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896 under the command of Percy Withers.[8][9][10]

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. 073.[11]

T.B. 073 was the last of the 125 footers to be sold, surviving until 5 July, 1923 when she was sold to L. Basso of Weymouth. Her sister T.B. 071 had been sold in February of that year to B. Newton.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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 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), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939.
  11. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
  12. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  13. "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  14. Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  15. "Naval Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 19 July, 1890. Issue 33068, col C, p. 12.
  16. Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  17. Houseman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 158.
  18. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/268. f. 273.
  19. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
  20. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/268. f. 273.
  21. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
  22. Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/510. f. 518.
  23. Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  24. Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  25. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  26. Chichester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/259. f. 263.
  27. Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/451. f. 521.
  28. Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/451. f. 521.
  29. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  30. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
  31. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 399.
  32. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 399.
  33. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 399.
  34. Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/22. f. 182.
  35. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 399.
  36. Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/22. f. 182.
  37. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  38. The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 400.
  39. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  40. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 401a.
  41. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.

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 –>