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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 90''' was one of 10 first-class torpedo boats of the [[140 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1892)|140 Footer class]].
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 90''' was one of ten first-class torpedo boats of the [[140 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1892)|140 Footer class]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Twelve men died along with their captain when ''T.B. 90'' capsized in heavy weather while under the command of {{CGunnerRN}} [[James Hamilton]] in the straits of Gibraltar on 25 April, 1918.{{KindellROH2|p. 491}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Everard Tower|nick=Cyril E. Tower|appt=c. mid 1896{{NMI|19 Aug. 1896, p. 7}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Claude Lionel Cumberlege|nick=Claude L. Cumberlege|appt=11 September, 1902{{NLJan04|p. 297}}|end=30 September, 1904<ref>Cumberlege Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/297.|D7603082}} f. 334.</ref>|note=borne additional in {{UK-Cormorant}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Silvertop|nick=Arthur E. Silvertop|appt=May, 1904|end=17 May, 1904|note=lent for Spring Cruise}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} ('''T''')|name=Samuel Joseph Merritt|nick=Samuel J. Merritt|appt=26 July, 1905{{NLJun06|p. 400''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Charles Routley|nick=Charles Routley|appt=9 August, 1907{{NLJul09|p. 401''a''}}|end=25 August, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Ernest Charles Hooper|nick=Ernest C. Hooper|appt=23 August, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 401''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=Alfred John Parkes|nick=Alfred J. Parkes|appt=24 May, 1910{{NLApr11|p. 401''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{GunnerRN}} in Command|name=William Herbert Clark|nick=William H. Clark|appt=April, 1912{{NLApr13|p. 401''a''}}|end=19 March, 1913|note=invalided}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=George Christopher Spiller|nick=George C. Spiller|appt=28 March, 1913{{NLDec16|p. 401}}|end=23 March, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CGunnerRN}} in Command|name=James Hamilton|nick=James Hamilton|appt=23 March, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 399''t''.  Given as 1915 herein, but 1917 seems crystalline}}|end=25 April, 1918{{HepperLosses|p. 130}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when vessel capsized under his command}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:42, 16 September 2021

H.M. T.B. 90 (1895)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Launched: 1895[2]
Capsized: 25 April, 1918[3]
H.M. T.B. 90 was one of ten first-class torpedo boats of the 140 Footer class.

Service

Twelve men died along with their captain when T.B. 90 capsized in heavy weather while under the command of Chief Gunner James Hamilton in the straits of Gibraltar on 25 April, 1918.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 104.
  2. Brassey's Naval Annual 1896. p. 318.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 18.
  4. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 491.
  5. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 19 Aug. 1896, p. 7.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 297.
  7. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  8. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 400a.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 401a.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 401a.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 401a.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1913). p. 401a.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399t. Given as 1915 herein, but 1917 seems crystalline.
  15. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 130.

Bibliography


140 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
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