H.M. T.B. 8 (1906)

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H.M. T.B. 8 (1906)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: late 1905[2]
Laid down: 4 Oct, 1905[3]
Launched: 1 Dec, 1906[4]
Completed: Mar, 1907[5]
Sold: 1921[6]
H.M. T.B. 8 was one of thirty-six first-class torpedo boats of the Cricket class.

Originally named H.M.S. Gnat, her name was changed to Torpedo Boat No. 8 in 1907.

Construction & Service

T.B. 8 was completed at Chiswick on 15 March, 1907 and commissioned with a crew from the Medway depot for service in the Sheerness-Chatham Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[7]

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. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 305.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 Mar. 1907, p. 14.
  8. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 399.
  10. Lloyd-Owen Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/46/119. f. 119.
  11. Worsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/56. f. 119.
  12. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 399.
  13. Worsley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/48/56. f. 119.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 399.
  15. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  16. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 400.
  17. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  18. Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  19. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 401.
  20. Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 400.
  22. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
  23. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399s.
  24. Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/9. f. ?.
  25. Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/9. f. ?.
  26. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 955.

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)