H.M. T.B. 42 (1885)

H.M. T.B. 42 (1885)
Builder:	John I. Thornycroft & Company
Ordered:	30 April/1 May, 1885
Launched:	4 December, 1885
Completed:	June 1886
Sold:	2 October, 1919

H.M. T.B. 42 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.

Service

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

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. 042.

Sold to Maden & McKee on 2 October, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant Robert L. H. Armstrong, 7 July, 1887  (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1887)
• Lieutenant & Commander Augustus R. C. Warren, 4 July, 1888  (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1888)
• Lieutenant & Commander Arthur T. Walker, 5 June, 1902 – 12 October, 1903
• Lieutenant & Commander Guy Hamilton, 12 July, 1903 – 17 August, 1903  (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
• Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Sydney B. Boyd-Richardson, 21 July, 1903  (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
• Sub-Lieutenant in Command Gerald L. Hodson, 14 July, 1904  (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
• Boatswain in Command (T) George H. Kelsey, 3 January, 1905 – 26 July, 1905
• Boatswain (T) in Command Thomas H. Powis, 26 July, 1905
• Sub-Lieutenant in Command Ernest J. F. Tisdall, 19 March, 1906 – 1 August, 1906^[Inference]
• Lieutenant & Commander Wilfrid W. Hunt, 1 August, 1906 – 1907
• Lieutenant & Commander Clive N. Rolfe, 16 May, 1907 – 15 May, 1909
• Lieutenant & Commander Salisbury H. Simpson, 15 May, 1909 – 26 May, 1910^[Inference]
• Lieutenant & Commander Henry P. Boxer, 26 May, 1910 – 27 April, 1911
• Lieutenant & Commander William G. A. Shuttleworth, 2 June, 1911 – 30 June, 1911  (temporary)
• Lieutenant & Commander William G. A. Shuttleworth, 2 August, 1911 – 31 October, 1911
• Lieutenant & Commander Roger V. de Halpert, 31 October, 1911
• Gunner in Command Walter A. Rose, 20 October, 1911 – 9 March, 1912
• Chief Gunner in Command (temporary) George Collins, 20 May, 1912 – 3 March, 1913
• Chief Gunner in Command George Collins, 24 July, 1913 – 15 May, 1914
• Chief Gunner in Command Hugh C. Pook, 29 May, 1914 – 15 June, 1915
• Acting Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Edward R. Pitt, 15 June, 1915
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Charles Farquhar-Smith, April, 1916 – 30 September, 1916
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Richard H. Buck, 30 September, 1916
• Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Wilfred Charters, 23 May, 1917 – 1919^{[Fact Check]}

The conflict between Hamilton and Boyd-Richardson needs to be explored. It seems that Hamilton's orders for these manoeuvres may have changed.

See Also

• Wikipedia