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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M. T.B. 116 (1903)|fatedate=1921{{Conways1906|p. 18}}
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|name=T.B. 116
|launch=1903{{Brasseys1906|p. 290}}
|builder=[[J. Samuel White]]{{Conways1860|p. 104}}
|fate=Sold
|pend=
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M. T.B. 116''' was one of four first-class torpedo boats of the [[T.B. 114 Class Torpedo Boat (1903)|T.B. 114 class]].

==Service==
T.B. 116 sighted an enemy submarine at a range of 1200 yards off Culver Cliff of the Isle of Wight at mid-day on October 14, 1914 while operating as part of the [[Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla]] and charged at her, firing.  The submarine was nearly rammed before it slipped under the waves.  This was one of several incidents which sparked Admiralty concern over the safety of cross-Channel convoys.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 211}}

In late October, 1919, Lt. Baker and his crew transferred to {{UK-TB32}}, and ''T.B. 116'' was paid off into Reserve.{{NMI|22 Oct. 1919, p. 16}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Brandt|nick=Frank Brandt|appt=3 January, 1905{{NLDec05|p. 400}}<ref>Brandt Service Record.  In our PDF for John Roderick Segrave.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>|end=18 April, 1906<ref>Brandt Service Record.  In our PDF for John Roderick Segrave.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 225.</ref>|note=and for Command of Portsmouth T.B. Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Saumarez Dumaresq|nick=John S. Dumaresq|appt=18 April, 1906{{NLJan07|p. 400}}|note=and for Command of Portsmouth T.B. Flotilla|end=16 June, 1907<ref>Dumaresq Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 340.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Neville Garnett|nick=Herbert N. Garnett|appt=18 June, 1907<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 400}}|end=24 August, 1909<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>|note=and for Command of Portsmouth T.B. Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Leslie Elder|nick=William L. Elder|appt=24 August, 1909{{NLApr11|p. 401}}|end=9 August, 1911|note=and for Command of Portsmouth T.B. Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Burnaby Noble|nick=Frederick B. Noble|appt=9 August, 1911{{NavAppts|12 Aug. 1911, p. 11}}{{NLNov13|p. 401''a''}}|end=1 December, 1913<ref>Noble Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/248.|D7603034}} f. 282.</ref>|note=and for Command of Portsmouth T.B. Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Burdge Compton|nick=Walter B. Compton|appt=1 December, 1913<ref>Compton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/247.|D7603033}} f. 281.</ref>{{NLOct14|p. 401''a''}}|end=12 December, 1914<ref>Compton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/247.|D7603033}} f. 281.</ref>|note=and for Command of Portsmouth T.B. Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''T''') in Command|name=Ernest Edward Lowe|nick=Ernest E. Lowe|appt=12 December, 1914{{NLFeb19|p. 957}}|end=3 February, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Adam Conyers Baker|nick=Frank A. C. Baker|appt=3 February, 1919<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 871}}|end=21 May, 1921<ref>Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/280.|D7605365}} f. 650.</ref>|note=may have moved to {{UK-TB32}} in October 1919}}
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==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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