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In September, 1914, T.B. 26 was operating with the {{UK-DF|8}}.{{SMNLSep14|p. 12}}  On the 5th, she rescued survivors, including flotilla commander {{CaptRN}} [[Francis Martin Leake|Francis M. Leake]], from the {{UK-Pathfinder|f=t}}, which had been torpedoed by a U-boat with heavy loss of life.<ref>Letter of 8 September, 1914.  Leake Papers.  Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies.  Ref. 87515.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 09:58, 24 March 2014

H.M. T.B. 26 (1908)
Builder: J. S. White[1]
Ordered: September 1907[2]
Launched: 28 Aug, 1908[3]
Sold: 1921[4]
H.M. T.B. 26 was one of 36 first-class torpedo boats of the Cricket class.

Service

In September, 1914, T.B. 26 was operating with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla.[5] On the 5th, she rescued survivors, including flotilla commander Captain Francis M. Leake, from the scout cruiser Pathfinder, which had been torpedoed by a U-boat with heavy loss of life.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  5. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September 1914). p. 12.
  6. Letter of 8 September, 1914. Leake Papers. Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies. Ref. 87515.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 399.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 400.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 956.

Bibliography


Cricket Class First-class Torpedo Boat
1905 Order
T.B. 1 T.B. 2 T.B. 3 T.B. 4 T.B. 5
T.B. 6 T.B. 7 T.B. 8 T.B. 9 T.B. 10
  T.B. 11 T.B. 12  
November 1906 Order
T.B. 13 T.B. 14 T.B. 15 T.B. 16 T.B. 17
T.B. 18 T.B. 19 T.B. 20 T.B. 21 T.B. 22
  T.B. 23 T.B. 24  
September 1907 Order
T.B. 25 T.B. 26 T.B. 27 T.B. 28 T.B. 29
T.B. 30 T.B. 31 T.B. 32 T.B. 33 T.B. 34
  T.B. 35 T.B. 36  
<– T.B. 114 Class Torpedo Boats (UK)  
<– T.B. 114 Class First-class Torpedo Boats (UK)