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|order=24 February, 1885{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
 
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|launch=7 October, 1885{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}
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|builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 102}}
 
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 25''' was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footer class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 25''' was the prototype vessel of the 53 first-class torpedo boats of the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footer class]].
  
==Service==
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==Construction & Service==
In 1895, she was one of twenty-three T.B.s of at least 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with four smaller T.B.s.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
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''T.B. 25'' was designed as a lengthened version of the earlier {{AU-Childers}} built for the [[Victorian Navy]] of Australia.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 309}}  Her design included a low "bull nose" bow that included a fixed torpedo tube. This bow proved totally unsatisfactory owing to the amount of water that washed over the decks, and she was soon rebuilt with a conventional straight stem without a bow tube.{{BrownSteamTBs|pp. 79-80}}
  
Renumbered to ''T.B. 025'' in 1906 when the former [[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|''Cricket'' class]] torpedo boats took on numbers in this range.
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Commissioned as tender to {{UK-1Valorous}} in June 1886 for flotilla manoeuvres.{{NLJul86|p. 245}}<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''. Thursday, 27 May, 1886. Issue '''31770''', col D, p. 7.</ref>
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An explosion aboard during the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1892]] injured three men, one of whom soon died at Haulbowline Hospital.{{NMI|Saturday, Aug 27, 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33728}}
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In 1895, she was one of twenty-three torpedo boats of at least 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with four smaller ones.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
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{{TB0|25}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:capts>
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M. T.B. 25">
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[John Hercules Robinson|John H. Robinson]], 4 June, 1886.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1886), p. 245.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Bradwardine Jackson|nick=Henry B. Jackson|appt=1 June, 1886<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 685.</ref>}}
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[George Le Clerc Egerton|George Le C. Egerton]], 17 June, 1886.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1886), p. 245.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=John Hercules Robertson|nick=John H. Robertson|appt=4 June, 1886{{NLOct86|p. 245}}|end=17 June, 1886{{NLJul86|p. 245}}}}
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Cecil Foley Lambert|Cecil F. Lambert]], 4 July, 1888, lent for manoeuvres.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 3 July, 1888.  Issue '''32428''', col A, p. 10.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=George Le Clerc Egerton|nick=George Le C. Egerton|appt=17 June, 1886{{NLJul86|p. 245}}<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 396.</ref>|end=28 August, 1886<ref>Egerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 396.</ref>}}
* {{GunnerRN}} in Command [[Richard Charles Steele|Richard C. Steele]], 18 July, 1889, lent for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col A, p. 4.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=4 July, 1888<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 3 July, 1888.  Issue '''32428''', col A, p. 10.</ref><ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 253/510.</ref>|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1888]]|end=30 August, 1888<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 253/510.</ref>}}
* Acting {{SubRN}} in Command [[Vincent Barkly Molteno|Vincent B. Molteno]], 16 July, 1892, lent for manoeuvres.<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 16 July, 1892.  Issue '''33692''', col A, p. 17.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Richard Charles Steele|nick=Richard C. Steele|appt=18 July, 1889<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col A, p. 4.</ref>|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
* {{BosunRN}} (T) [[Frederick William Smith|Frederick W. Smith]], 20 June, 1905.{{NLDec05|p. 399}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{SubRN}} in Command|name=Vincent Barkly Molteno|nick=Vincent B. Molteno|appt=16 July, 1892<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 16 July, 1892.  Issue '''33692''', col A, p. 17.</ref>|end=August, 1892<ref>Molteno Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 260.</ref>|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1892]]}}
* {{SubRN}} in Command [[Ernest Torre Favell|Ernest T. Favell]], 3 May, 1906.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 4 May, 1906.  Issue '''38011''', col D, p. 10.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{SubRN}} in Command|name=Ernest William Leir|nick=Ernest W. Leir|appt=21 July, 1903<ref>"APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.</ref><ref>Leir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21.|D7603925}} f. 424.</ref>|end=18 August, 1903<ref>Leir Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/21.|D7603925}} f. 424.</ref>|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1903]]}}
* {{SubRN}} in Command [[Patrick Macnamara]], 27 November, 1906.{{NLJan07|p. 399}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{SubRN}} in Command|name=Eustace Ruffel Drake Long|nick=Eustace R. D. Long|appt=14 July, 1904{{ToL|Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres|Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]]}}
* {{SubRN}} in Command [[George Augustus Saltren-Willett|George A. Saltren-Willett]], 25 January, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 26 January, 1907.  Issue '''38240''', col C, p. 11.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} ('''T''') in Command|name=Edward Walker|nick=Edward Walker|appt=12 January, 1905<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/34.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=19 June, 1905<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/34.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[William Edward Blackwood Magee|William E. B. Magee]], 5 November, 1909.{{NLApr10|p. 399}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} ('''T''') in Command|name=Frederick William Smith|nick=Frederick W. Smith|appt=20 June, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 399}}|end=}}
* {{GunnerRN}} in Command [[William Daniel Hill|William D. Hill]], 16 January, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (March, 1913), p. 401.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest Torre Favell|nick=Ernest T. Favell|appt=3 May, 1906<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Friday, 4 May, 1906.  Issue '''38011''', col D, p. 10.</ref>{{NLJun06|p. 399.  8 May specified here}}|end=27 November, 1906}}
* {{LieutRN}} R.N.R. in Command [[Charles Nelson Croysdale|Charles N. Croysdale]], 30 March, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918), p. 957.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{SubRN}} in Command|name=George Pilkington|nick=George Pilkington|appt=June, 1906|end=c. July, 1906|note=for manoeuvres}}
</div name=fredbot:capts>
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{{Tenure|rank={{SubRN}} in Command|name=Patrick Macnamara|nick=Patrick Macnamara|appt=27 November, 1906<ref>Macnamara Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/130.|D7604542}} f. 238.</ref>{{NLJan07|p. 399}}|end=25 January, 1907<ref>Macnamara Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/130.|D7604542}} f. 238.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=George Augustus Saltren-Willett|nick=George A. Saltren-Willett|appt=25 January, 1907<ref>Saltren-Willett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/126.|D7604538}} f. ?.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 26 January, 1907.  Issue '''38240''', col C, p. 11.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 399}}|end=1 February, 1908<ref>Saltren-Willett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/126.|D7604538}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Percival Wilson|nick=Henry P. Wilson|appt=1 February, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 400}}|end=1 February, 1909|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 025}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Charles Astley Poignand|nick=Charles A. Poignand|appt=1 February, 1909<ref>Poignand Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/151.|D7604055}} f. 555.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 400}}|end=5 November, 1909<ref>Poignand Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/151.|D7604055}} f. 555.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 025}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=William Edward Blackwood Magee|nick=William E. B. Magee|appt=5 November, 1909<ref>Magee Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLApr10|p. 399}}|end=19 March, 1912<ref>Magee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/251.|D7604663}} f. 521.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 025}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=David Richard Roberts|nick=David R. Roberts|appt=20 October, 1911<ref>Roberts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/34/397.|}}</ref>{{NLAug12|p. 401}}|end=16 January, 1913<ref>Roberts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/34/397.|}}</ref>|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 025}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=William Daniel Hill|nick=William D. Hill|appt=16 January, 1913{{NLApr15|p. 401''a''}}|end=22 May, 1915|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 025}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LiCRNR}}|name=Alfred Sinclair Chetwynd Bird|nick=Alfred S. Bird|appt=22 May, 1915<ref>Bird Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/163.|C14619152}} f. 163.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 401''a''}}|end=21 April, 1916<ref>Bird Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/56/163.|C14619152}} f. 163.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 025}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Herbert Keer Case|nick=Herbert K. Case|appt=2 September, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 399''u''}}|end=March, 1918{{NLFeb19|pp. 730, 957}}|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 025}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Charles Nelson Croysdale|nick=Charles N. Croysdale|appt=30 March, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 957}}|end=1919{{FC}}|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 025}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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Revision as of 11:33, 11 December 2018

H.M. T.B. 25 (1885)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: 24 February, 1885[2]
Launched: 7 October, 1885[3]
Sold: October 1919[4]
H.M. T.B. 25 was the prototype vessel of the 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.

Construction & Service

T.B. 25 was designed as a lengthened version of the earlier Childers built for the Victorian Navy of Australia.[5] Her design included a low "bull nose" bow that included a fixed torpedo tube. This bow proved totally unsatisfactory owing to the amount of water that washed over the decks, and she was soon rebuilt with a conventional straight stem without a bow tube.[6]

Commissioned as tender to Valorous in June 1886 for flotilla manoeuvres.[7][8]

An explosion aboard during the Annual Manoeuvres of 1892 injured three men, one of whom soon died at Haulbowline Hospital.[9]

In 1895, she was one of twenty-three torpedo boats of at least 125 feet in length stationed in Portsmouth along with four smaller ones.[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. 025.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 102.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  3. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  4. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 309.
  6. Brown. Steam Torpedo Boats. pp. 79-80.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
  8. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 27 May, 1886. Issue 31770, col D, p. 7.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 27, 1892; pg. 7; Issue 33728.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  11. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
  12. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 685.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1886). p. 245.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
  16. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
  17. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
  18. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 3 July, 1888. Issue 32428, col A, p. 10.
  19. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  20. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  21. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col A, p. 4.
  22. "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Saturday, 16 July, 1892. Issue 33692, col A, p. 17.
  23. Molteno Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 260.
  24. "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
  25. Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  26. Leir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/21. f. 424.
  27. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  28. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. ?.
  29. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34. f. ?.
  30. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
  31. "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 4 May, 1906. Issue 38011, col D, p. 10.
  32. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 399. 8 May specified here.
  33. Macnamara Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/130. f. 238.
  34. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 399.
  35. Macnamara Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/130. f. 238.
  36. Saltren-Willett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/126. f. ?.
  37. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 26 January, 1907. Issue 38240, col C, p. 11.
  38. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 399.
  39. Saltren-Willett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/126. f. ?.
  40. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 400.
  41. Poignand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/151. f. 555.
  42. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 400.
  43. Poignand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/151. f. 555.
  44. Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  45. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  46. Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  47. Roberts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/397.
  48. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 401.
  49. Roberts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/34/397.
  50. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401a.
  51. Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/163. f. 163.
  52. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
  53. Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/56/163. f. 163.
  54. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399u.
  55. The Navy List. (February, 1919). pp. 730, 957.
  56. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 957.

Bibliography

  • Brown, David K. (2005). Jordan, John. ed. "Steam Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy". Warship 2005: pp. 73-96.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1861760329. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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 –>