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In September, 1912, the torpedo boats {{UK-TB27}} and {{UK-TB30}} collided and Lowther-Crofton was blamed f [[Category:Senior Naval Officers on the Tyne]]

...ok a Gunnery course at Portsmouth and from 21 October to 8 November took a Torpedo course there.<ref>ADM 196/42. f. 142.</ref>

Currey earned his first-class torpedo certificate in April, 1886.<ref>Currey Service Record. {{ADM196|87|D811534 He was made President of the Committee on Eyesight of Officers on 9 October, 1913.<ref name=f36/>

...by<br>'''[[Hugh Schomberg Currey|Hugh S. Currey]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Actæon (Torpedo Training School)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Actæon'']]'''<br>11 Feb, 1921 &ndash; ...Arthur K. Waistell]]'''|'''[[Torpedo Division (Royal Navy)|Director of the Torpedo Division]]'''<br>6 Apr, 1922 &ndash; 15 Aug, 1924|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}}

Adams qualified as a Torpedo Lieutenant second-class on 24 March, 1880. [[Category:Royal Navy Officers Educated at North Grove House School]]

...mpress the Admiralty in 1903 with his explanation for having not conducted torpedo practice while in command of a flotilla. ...t of Inquiry was convened, leading to the determination that Green and his officers had failed to provide sufficient training. Worse was to follow &ndash; in

..., led by {{UK-1Recruit}}. When ''Recruit'' fired a flare to signal a mock torpedo firing, she peeled off to starboard to clear the enemy ships, but ''Tiger'' In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5. Interested partie

...em and the weapons proved to have little effectiveness at the ranges where torpedo attack became deeply worrying. The ships had five submerged 18-in torpedo tubes:{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}}

[[File:Grand Fleet Admirals 1916.jpg|thumb|right|512px|Grand Fleet flag officers at the fleet boxing championship, 3 August, 1916. Left to right: Commodore ...or flotillas were to leave Portland until further notice. Long leave for officers and for second watches was cancelled, and the reopening of schools was post

October, a first in Gunnery in January, 1901, and a first in Torpedo in March. For attaining five first class certificates he was awarded a £1 ...June, 1903, when he was superseded, and returned to Britain to qualify in Torpedo duties.

...four Bastian Radiators were obtained for a temporary trial in warming the Officers' Cabins on the Upper Deck where radiators were not already present. Based * two 18-in torpedo tubes

...e axis of the tube 1 foot 5 inches above the deck.<ref>''Addenda (1911) to Torpedo Manual, Vol. III., 1909'', p. 155.</ref> ...their fore bridge and control positions so that their captains and control officers could know the gun range. Additionally, the "Town" class cruisers were to

...xis of the tube 1 foot 5.25 inches above the deck.<ref>''Addenda (1911) to Torpedo Manual, Vol. III., 1909'', p. 155.</ref> ...their fore bridge and control positions so that their captains and control officers could know the gun range. Additionally, the "Town" class cruisers were to

...their fore bridge and control positions so that their captains and control officers could know the gun range. Additionally, the "Town" class cruisers were to ==Torpedo Control==

The ships had their torpedo and gun outfits augmented during the course of the war.{{UKTHVol4Part34|pp. ...e their torpedo armament, and each broadside got a second double revolving torpedo mount aft, just forward of the aft 6-in gun. These would have the torpedoe

...K-Calliope}} may have been the testbed for a modification in which the aft torpedo control position's roof would be lowered so that a 12-foot {{RF}} could be ...their fore bridge and control positions so that their captains and control officers could know the gun range.{{ARTS1917|p. 230}}

==Torpedo Control== [[File:ARTS1917Plate76.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Torpedo Control Circuits'''{{ARTS1917|Plate 76}} ]]

...do tubes would use two impulse charges firing in a cascade to increase the torpedo discharge velocity and thus reduce the angle at which the torpedoes entered ...tlecruiser (likely an [[F.T. 24]]) was to be added specifically to augment torpedo control.{{ARTS1917|p. 199. (possibly pertinent: C.I.O. 481/17)}}

Battle of Dogger Bank 24 Jan 1915: file entitled 'Officers and Men who distinguished themselves' 30 Jan-5 Mar 1915. [[Battle of Jutland]] 31 May 1916: folder entitled 'Ships taking part : officers and men' 7-11 Jun 1916.

...four Bastian Radiators were obtained for a temporary trial in warming the Officers' Cabins on the Upper Deck where radiators were not already present in {{UK- * Two 18-in torpedo tubes, above water