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• Thirteenth Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
  ...21}}, and is unofficially dubbed the "Gunboat Fleet Sweeping Flotilla". {{UK-Speedwell}} bears the Senior Officer.{{SMNLMar19|p. 16 and Supplements thro |style="background:#CEDFF2" align=center colspan=5 | '''Sweeping Torpedo Gunboats'''
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• Fleet Torpedo Committee
  ..., convened to determine new directions for torpedoes and [[Torpedo Control|torpedo control]]. ==Best Means of Setting Torpedo Directors==
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• Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument Type M
  The '''Type M''' [[Renouf Torpedo Tactical Instrument]] was conceived around 1919 and in 1920 a pair were pla The device's function is explained in the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School'', 1919.{{ARTS1919|pp. 120-4}}
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• Torpedo Sight Corrector
  [[File:HandbookTorpedoControl1916Plate41.jpg|thumb|400px| '''Torpedo Sight Corrector'''{{HTC1916|Plate 41}}]] ...ate the effect of [[Torpedo Director|director]] errors for men using the [[Torpedo Attack Trainer]].{{ARTS1916|p. 34. (A.L. G. 6788/16)}}
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• Ruric Henry Waring
  ...xible|f=tp}} from 27 July 1909 to 12 October 1910 and then served in the {{UK-Sapphire|f=t}} until he was placed on the Retired List at his own request o Waring was appointed to the {{UK-Hawke|f=t}} on 1 August, 1914 and died when she was torpedoed and lost on 1
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• William Henry Strickland Ball
  ...vember 1918 he was appointed Assistant Superintendent at the [[Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, Greenock]].<ref>Ball Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/67.|}} f. 6 * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+William+Henry+Strickland+Ball Service Records]
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• Charles Elsden Gladstone
  ...tered the Navy on 23 January, 1869 and in 1873 as a {{MidRN}} serving in {{UK-1Druid|f=tp}}, Gladstone was landed with the Naval Brigade in the Ashanti W ...rch, 1882. He remained in {{UK-Vernon}} as part of the staff, to instruct officers.<ref>Gladstone Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/532.|D7578856}} ff. 521, 5
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• Robert Lewis Way
  ...ay as a Lieutenant in {{UK-Magnificent}}, c. 1905.<br><small>From official officers' photograph in album of [[George Napier Tomlin]].</small>]] ...taff at {{UK-Vernon|f=p}} before being sent to the {{UK-Majestic|f=t}} for torpedo duties from mid-July 1907 to 7 January 1908.
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• Hugh Cecil Robert Feilding
  ...at {{UK-Vernon|f=p}}, Feilding was appointed to the {{UK-Defence|f=tp}} as torpedo officer on 6 January, 1913 and was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 In May, 1915, he was thanked for his ingenuity in devising, along with other officers, an extempore director firing installation in the ship.
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• H.M.S. Valorous (1851)
  ...in designation, perhaps the first Royal Navy depôt ship for a flotilla of torpedo craft. ...s'' and listed as being "lent to the 'Valorous' for temporary service with Torpedo Boats".{{NLJul84|p. 249}} She carried out the same duties again in the summ
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• Henry Harwood Harwood
  Harwood would earn fame in the Second World War, commanding the {{UK-Exeter|f=pt}} in the [[Battle of the River Plate]]. .... On 17 August, 1915 he was appointed to {{UK-RoyalSovereign}}, to be her torpedo officer upon commissioning.
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• George William Hudson
  ...Engineer Commander in {{UK-Magnificent}}, c. 1905.<br><small>From official officers' photograph in album of [[George Napier Tomlin]].</small>]] ...Engineer on 1 July, 1881. He was sent to {{UK-Asia|f=p}} for a course in torpedo instruction.
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• Dryad Class Torpedo Gunboat (1893)
  ...destroyers]], which quickly took over the torpedo gunboat's intended anti-torpedo boat role. | {{Template:UK-Dryad}}
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• Charles Harold Evelyn Head
  .... E. Head, Esq., Charles Head gained five months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}}. ...applied mechanics of engineering", and recommended him as a candidate for torpedo lieutenant. Head indeed qualified as such in March, 1906.
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• James Buller Kitson
  ...itson as a Sub-Lt. in {{UK-Magnificent}}, c. 1905.<br><small>From official officers' photograph in album of [[George Napier Tomlin]].</small>]] Kitson served in {{UK-Magnificent}} from 1 August 1902 to at least mid-1905.
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• Cyril Peel
  Peel was appointed in command of the {{UK-Amphitrite|f=t}} in March, 1918. * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Cyril+Peel Service Records]
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• Second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla (Royal Navy)
  ...eeping sloops. The Second would be a mix of ten sweeping sloops and older torpedo gunboats, while the Third would be comprised of twelve paddle minesweepers. ...and Supplements through March 1917, save February which was not found}} {{UK-Speedwell}} would be detached briefly around September/October of 1916, but
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• John Edward Meryon
  * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+John+Edward+Meryon Service Records] ...>'''[[Charles Grey Robinson|Charles G. Robinson]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Defiance (Torpedo Training School)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Defiance'']]'''<br>29 Jan, 1892{{NLMar
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• H.M. T.B. 35 (1885)
  ...B. 35''' was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footer class]]. In 1895, she was one of six first-class torpedo boats stationed at Hong Kong.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
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• Henry Savile
  ...y giving a speech in which he spoke of Admiralty intentions to establish a torpedo boat base at Dartmouth. It was thought that greater reticence should be ad * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Henry+Savile Service Records]
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