H.M. T.B. 72 (1885)
| H.M. T.B. 72 (1885) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Yarrow & Company[1] |
| Ordered: | 30/31 March, 1885[2] |
| Launched: | 1885[3] |
| Completed: | July 1886[4] |
| Broken up: | 12 December, 1919[5] |
H.M. T.B. 72 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.
Construction & Service
T.B. 72 was one of the first Yarrow 125 footers to be completed, being ready for trials in July 1886.[6]
When commissioned for service during the Annual Manoeuvres of 1887 she was commanded by future First Sea Lord Charles Madden, then a junior Lieutenant.[7]
In 1891, she was attached to the Medway Steam Reserve for instructional purposes. On 28 April she broke her propeller while exercising between the Nore light vessel and the Essex coast, totally disabling her. The tugboat Locust came to bring her back to Sheerness Harbour, and it was decided that she should be taken to Chatham Royal Dockyard for repair.[8]
She commissioned on 18 July to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1894 as leader of the Piel Division of the Blue Side.[9]
In 1895, she was one of eight large torpedo boats of at least 125 feet length and two smaller ones stationed in Chatham.[10] She participated in the 1895 Naval Manoeuvres, but on their conclusion had to remain in Pembroke along with T.B. 95 and "it was anticipated that quite three weeks would elapse before they would be ready to proceed."[11]
She was placed into Dockyard Reserve at Chatham. In mid-1901, she was to be fitted with Thornycroft water-tube boilers, manufactured at the dockyard.[12]
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. 072.[13]
Though not listed as being extant in Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1922, Lyon and Winfield's Steam and Sail List reports her being sold for scrapping to Ward, Rainham on 19 December, 1919.[14][15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles E. Madden, 7 July, 1887[16] – 15 August, 1887 (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1887)
- Lieutenant Somerset A. G. Calthorpe, 4 July, 1888[17] – 30 August, 1888[18] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1888)
- Lieutenant & Commander Francis J. Foley, 30 October, 1888[19] – 18 February, 1889[20] (also additional to the Pembroke for torpedo duties)
- Lieutenant & Commander Paul W. Bush, 19 February, 1889[21] – 17 Jul, 1889[22] (borne additional in Pembroke)
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Frederick C. D. Sturdee, 18 July, 1889[23] – 4 September, 1889 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1889)
- Lieutenant & Commander Claude W. M. Plenderleath, 22 July 1890[24] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1890)
- Lieutenant & Commander Leonard C. Lister, 21 July, 1892[25] – c. 30 August, 1892[Inference] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1892)
- Lieutenant Dudley R. S. de Chair, 11 July, 1893[26] – 19 August, 1893[27] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1893)
- Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Harry L. d'E. Skipwith, 18 July, 1894[28] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
- Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Francis H. M. Jackson, 24 July, 1895[29] – 10 September, 1895 (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1895)
- Lieutenant in Command Harry L. d'E. Skipwith, 18 July, 1896[30] – August, 1896[31] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1896)
- Sub-Lieutenant in Command Thomas H. M. Maurice, 15 June, 1897 – 12 July, 1897 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1897)
- Lieutenant & Commander Geoffrey T. Bowles, 11 July, 1899 – 18 September, 1899 (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1899)
- Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Robert H. Ames, 21 July, 1903[32] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1903)
- Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Command Frederic A. H. Russel, 14 July, 1904[33] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1904)
- Lieutenant & Commander Stephen D. Tillard, 3 January, 1905[34][35] – 28 March, 1905[36]
- Gunner (T) in Command John Reep, June, 1905[37] – 23 January, 1906
- Lieutenant & Commander Roger V. Alison, 12 January, 1906[38][39] – 18 June, 1907[40]
- Lieutenant & Commander Philip G. Wodehouse, 18 June, 1907[41] – 15 November, 1907[42]
- Lieutenant in Command Laurence R. Palmer, 11 September, 1907[43] – 5 April, 1910[44]
- Lieutenant & Commander Geoffrey T. Wright, 5 April, 1910[45] – 31 March, 1911
- Chief Gunner in Command Frank B. Watson, October, 1913[46] – 4 May, 1915
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Roy Gill, 13 May, 1915[47] – 25 January, 1916
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Carl E. Rahtkens, 22 June, 1916[48]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command William S. Jackson, 17 December, 1916 – 14 July, 1917 (may have assumed command in Jan 1917)
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Ernest A. Lister, 14 July, 1917[49] – after mid 1919
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311. Date given as uncertain.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103. The date of launch is imprecise.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 29, 1891; pg. 10; Issue 33311.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres of 1894." The Times (London, England), July 18, 1894, Issue 34319, p.13.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 19 August, 1895. Issue 34659, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 21, 1901; pg. 7; Issue 36487.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 18-19.
- ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
- ↑ Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 130/264.
- ↑ Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 130/264.
- ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/489.
- ↑ Foley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 247.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 8 January, 1889. Issue 32590, col C, p. 7.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325.
- ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 19 July, 1890. Issue 33068, col C, p. 12.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 16, 1892; pg. 17; Issue 33692.
- ↑ de Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 275.
- ↑ de Chair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 275.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 19, 1895, Issue 34633, p.14.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ Skipwith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 255.
- ↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
- ↑ "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/189. f. 594.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/189. f. 594.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
- ↑ Alison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/217. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 399.
- ↑ Alison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/217. f. ?.
- ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
- ↑ Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
- ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (March, 1911). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 957-8.
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| <– | H.M. T.B. 81 | Torpedo Boats (UK) | H.M. T.B. 80 | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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