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...>'''[[Charles Grey Robinson|Charles G. Robinson]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Defiance (Torpedo Training School)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Defiance'']]'''<br>29 Jan, 1892{{NLMar [[Category:Royal Navy Officers Educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy]]

In May 1911, he passed for command of torpedo craft as he was serving as an acting interpreter in German for the Third Fl In 1934 he attended a course for Sea Transport Officers and was to be considered for work as such in case of emergency.

...ange of bearing instrument]] and an [[Crace Enemy Torpedo Calculator|enemy torpedo calculator]]. ...January, 1913, Crace transferred into the {{AU-1Australia|f=t}} to be her torpedo officer and to assist on staff of the {{UK-CS}}. He would be in her when t

...and in command of the Sheerness-Chatham T.B. flotilla, {{UK-TB072}} lost a torpedo and the Admiralty determined that Brooker did not spend enough time in sear ...912-13 produced such unharmonious relations between himself and his junior officers that a Court of Enquiry was convened in January 1914, resulting in the find

...''' were slightly enlarged versions of the preceeding [[Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat (1888)|''Sharpshooter'' Class]]. All but three saw service in the ...ten considered an enlarged variation on the preceding [[Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat (1888)|''Sharpshooter'' class]]. In general, it inherited the repu

...destroyers]], which quickly took over the torpedo gunboat's intended anti-torpedo boat role. The ''Dryads'' were enlarged ''Alarms'' with a poop added for additional officers' accomodations and the engineering spaces rearranged so that the engines we

...'' set the pattern for the remainder of the Royal Navy's [[Torpedo Gunboat|torpedo gunboats]]. Of the thirteen ''Sharpshooters'', four were built by [[Armstr ...ter'' class [in ''The Times'', this generally also meant the [[Alarm Class Torpedo Gunboat (1892)|''Alarm'' class]] as well] that the vessels are unfit for ac

...hirteen [[Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat (1888)|''Sharpshooter'' class torpedo gunboats]]. This class was followed by others which hoped to improve upon ...jack}}, and it was reported that "it is the univeral opinion amongst naval officers who have had experience of the ''Sharpshooter'' class that the vessels are

...On 8 September, 1904, he was appointed to {{UK-Bulwark}}, additional, for Torpedo duties at Malta. After a year there, he was appointed in command of the {{ ...il 5 November, 1912 when he was appointed to {{UK-Lancaster}} as first and torpedo officer.<ref>Bennett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 8.</ref>

| Rangefinder, Fire control, and Torpedo control exercises. | Exercises with torpedo craft.

...in designation, perhaps the first Royal Navy depôt ship for a flotilla of torpedo craft. ...s'' and listed as being "lent to the 'Valorous' for temporary service with Torpedo Boats".{{NLJul84|p. 249}} She carried out the same duties again in the summ

==Torpedo Control== ...rick A. Traut]] in command, although the U.S. Navy's officer ''Register of Officers'' lists Traut as having been assigned to the Naval Academy starting on 15 N

...[[Alfred Thayer Mahan|A. T. Mahan]], U.S.N. 'On the entry and training of officers in the Royal Navy under the new scheme'; Secret letter from Fisher to Thurs ...gramme, 1907; New Admiralty Scheme. Training of lieutenants in gunnery and torpedo, 1903; Manoeuvres and operations of the particular service squadrons, 1885;

...service in the [[U.S. Navy]]. The ships were handsome, and enjoyed senior officers, Captain as commanding during America's involvement in the [[Great War]], d * two 18-in torpedo tubes

|{{US-Intrepid|f=p}}||torpedo ram||5 Mar, 1874||Sold 9 May, 1892 ==Engineer Officers==

...bcock then was appointed Flotilla Torpedo Officer for the Atlantic Fleet's Torpedo Flotilla, beginning an association with [[William Sowden Sims]]. Babcock wa Like so many retired officers, Babcock was recalled to active duty during World War II. He was in charge

...ptain [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic C. Dreyer]] succeeded Singer, the torpedo branch was devolved into the [[Director of Torpedoes and Mining (Royal Navy Dreyer would tell a high-level meeting of Naval Staff officers (presided over by the [[Second Sea Lord]]) in 1920 that:

.... On 17 August, 1915 he was appointed to {{UK-RoyalSovereign}}, to be her torpedo officer upon commissioning. ...{{UK-Southampton}} as torpedo officer on 19 March, 1919. He also provided torpedo services to the entire {{UK-LCS|7}}, and indeed the Fleet while in this app

...ass in Gunnery (878 out of 1,000 marks) and on 13 October a first class in Torpedo (186 out of 200 marks). His obituary in ''The Times'' claimed that "In his [[Category:Royal Navy Officers Educated at Stubbington House School]]

...ay as a Lieutenant in {{UK-Magnificent}}, c. 1905.<br><small>From official officers' photograph in album of [[George Napier Tomlin]].</small>]] ...taff at {{UK-Vernon|f=p}} before being sent to the {{UK-Majestic|f=t}} for torpedo duties from mid-July 1907 to 7 January 1908.