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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. T.B. 10''' was one of 36 first-class torpedo boats of the [[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|Cricket class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 10''' was one of 36 first-class torpedo boats of the [[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|''Cricket'' class]].
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Originally named '''H.M.S. ''Greenfly''''' (sometimes spelt ''Green Fly''{{NLJan07|p. 322}}), her name was changed to ''Torpedo Boat No. 10'' in 1907.
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==Service==
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In October, 1913 ''T.B. 10'' collided with {{UK-Zephyr}}.  The torpedo boat's Lieutenant & Commander, [[Arthur Edward Hext Wright]] was told to be more careful in future.<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>
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''T.B. 10'' collided with a collier after her Lt. in Command, [[Victor James Bowden-Smith]] made an error in judgement.
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''T.B. 10'' was mined and sunk in company with {{UK-TB12}} in the North Sea on 10 June, 1915.  ''T.B. 10'' lost 23 men, one dying as a prisoner of war.{{KindellROH2|p. 112}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Robert Humphrey Downes|nick=Robert H. Downes|appt=10 May, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 399}}|end=24 November, 1908|precBy=New Command|note=died while in command of enteric fever}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Walter John Fletcher|nick=Walter J. Fletcher|appt=30 November, 1908{{NLApr10|p. 399}}|end=14 January, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Alexander Hugh Gye|nick=Alexander H. Gye|appt=14 January, 1911{{NavAppts|Monday, Jan 16, 1911; pg. 4; Issue 39483}}{{NLApr11|p. 399}}|end=15 August, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Richard Stirling Robinson|nick=Richard S. Robinson|appt=15 August, 1911{{NLMar13|p. 400}}|end=20 June, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Arthur Edward Hext Wright|nick=Arthur E. H. Wright|appt=20 June, 1913<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>|end=February, 1914<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Victor James Bowden-Smith|nick=Victor J. Bowden-Smith|appt=1 August, 1914{{NLOct14|p. 401}}|end=31 October, 1914{{NLOct14|p. 401}}{{NLApr15|p. 400}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=John Kelty McLeod|nick=John K. McLeod|appt=31 October, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 400}}|end=10 June, 1915{{HepperLosses|p. 38}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* Court of Enquiry into loss of HM Torpedo Boats 10 and 12. {{TNA|ADM 156/15.|C2257322}}
 
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 4 May 2020

H.M. T.B. 10 (1907)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: late 1905[2]
Laid down: 2 Nov, 1905[3]
Launched: 15 Feb, 1907[4]
Completed: May, 1907[5]
Mined: 10 Jun, 1915[6]
Fate: in North Sea
H.M. T.B. 10 was one of 36 first-class torpedo boats of the Cricket class.

Originally named H.M.S. Greenfly (sometimes spelt Green Fly[7]), her name was changed to Torpedo Boat No. 10 in 1907.

Service

In October, 1913 T.B. 10 collided with Zephyr. The torpedo boat's Lieutenant & Commander, Arthur Edward Hext Wright was told to be more careful in future.[8]

T.B. 10 collided with a collier after her Lt. in Command, Victor James Bowden-Smith made an error in judgement.

T.B. 10 was mined and sunk in company with T.B. 12 in the North Sea on 10 June, 1915. T.B. 10 lost 23 men, one dying as a prisoner of war.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

  • Wikipedia
  • Court of Enquiry into loss of HM Torpedo Boats 10 and 12. The National Archives. ADM 156/15.

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  3. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 322.
  8. Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  9. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 112.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 399.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  12. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 16, 1911; pg. 4; Issue 39483.
  13. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 399.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 400.
  15. Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  16. Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  17. The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 401.
  18. The Navy List. (October, 1914). p. 401.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 400.
  20. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 400.
  21. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 38.

Bibliography


Cricket Class First-class Torpedo Boat
1905 Order
T.B. 1 T.B. 2 T.B. 3 T.B. 4 T.B. 5
T.B. 6 T.B. 7 T.B. 8 T.B. 9 T.B. 10
  T.B. 11 T.B. 12  
November 1906 Order
T.B. 13 T.B. 14 T.B. 15 T.B. 16 T.B. 17
T.B. 18 T.B. 19 T.B. 20 T.B. 21 T.B. 22
  T.B. 23 T.B. 24  
September 1907 Order
T.B. 25 T.B. 26 T.B. 27 T.B. 28 T.B. 29
T.B. 30 T.B. 31 T.B. 32 T.B. 33 T.B. 34
  T.B. 35 T.B. 36  
<– T.B. 114 Class Torpedo Boats (UK)  
<– T.B. 114 Class First-class Torpedo Boats (UK)