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==Service==
 
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She was stationed in Chatham in 1895 as one of eight large T.B.s of at least 125 feet length and two smaller ones.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}
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An engine telegraph malfunction caused ''T.B. 63'' to collide with {{UK-TB77}} as she was getting underway in Sheerness Harbour on 5 July 1888.  When the Lieutenant in charge of 63 gave the order from the bridge to go astern, the remote telegraph indicated "Full speed ahead", and 63 leapt forward with much gusto and struck 77 with such effect that the latter had difficulty remaining afloat.  A Court of Inquiry was to be held to probe this misadventure.{{NMI|Friday, Jul 06, 1888; pg. 8; Issue 32431}}
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She was stationed in Chatham in 1895 as one of eight large torpedo boats of at least 125 feet length and two smaller ones.{{ARTS1895|p. 62}}  She was still stationed at Chatham in 1905, as a tender to {{UK-Pembroke}}.{{NLDec05|p. 399}}
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By late 1911 she had been transferred to Devonport and was listed as a tender to {{UK-Vivid}}, and was still stationed there at the outbreak of war.{{NLJan12|p. 401''a''}}{{NLAug14|p. 402}}
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Sold at Malta on 18 December, 1919 along with her sister {{UK-TB070}}.{{LyonWinfieldSteamList|p. 311}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LieutRN}} [[Arthur Edward Harford|Arthur E. Harford]], 7 July 1887, lent for manoeuvres.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 July, 1887.  Issue '''32114''', col C, p. 12.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Harford|nick=Arthur E. Harford|appt=7 July, 1887<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence".  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 July, 1887.  Issue '''32114''', col C, p. 12.</ref>|end=27 August, 1887|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1887]]}}
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* {{LieutRN}} R.N.R. in Command [[John Edward Pearce Hocken|John E. P. Hocken]], 14 May, 1918.{{NLDec18|p. 958}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Hervey Campbell|nick=Henry H. Campbell|appt=4 July, 1888{{NMI|Tuesday, Jul 03, 1888; pg. 10; Issue 32428}}|end=|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1888]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{BosunRN}} in Command|name=Joseph Sanders|nick=Joseph Sanders|appt=18 July, 1889{{ToL|The Naval Manœuvres|Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col F, p. 3}}|end=|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1889]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{SubRN}} in Command|name=Cecil Henry Fox|nick=Cecil H. Fox|appt=11 July, 1893{{NMI|Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999}}|end=c. 20 August, 1893{{INF}}|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{SubRN}} in Command|name=Harold Brisbane Bedwell|nick=Harold B. Bedwell|appt=3 July, 1900<ref>Bedwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/118.|}} f. ?.</ref>{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 5, 1900, Issue 36186, p.10.  This source has it as 10 July}}|end=1 October, 1900<ref>Bedwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/118.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1900]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Bartholomew Dunne|nick=Thomas B. Dunne|appt=10 June, 1914{{NLNov17|p. 399''v''}}|end=14 May, 1918<ref>Dunne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/153/42.|}}  f. 42.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 063}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Antony Simpson|nick=Henry A. Simpson|appt=July, 1915|end=October, 1915|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 063|note=and in command of Local T.B. Flotilla}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=John Edward Pearce Hocken|nick=John E. P. Hocken|appt=14 May, 1918<ref>Hocken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/207.}} f. 207.</ref>{{NLDec18|p. 958}}|end=24 January, 1919<ref>Hocken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 240/58/207.}} f. 207.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M. T.B. 063|succBy=Vessel Decommissioned}}
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I am unsure why Simpson is wedged in there; possibly Dunne was indisposed for a period.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 19 August 2022

H.M. T.B. 63 (1885)
Builder: Yarrow & Company[1]
Ordered: 30/31 March, 1885[2]
Launched: 1885[3]
Completed: September 1886[4]
Sold: 18 December, 1919[5]

H.M. T.B. 63 was one of 53 first-class torpedo boats of the 125 Footer class.

Around 1906-1907, with the issuance of torpedo boat numbers to the first of the Cricket class torpedo boats, the existing Torpedo Boats numbered 25 to 79 had a "0" prepended to their number. This vessel, therefore, became T.B. 063.[6]

Service

An engine telegraph malfunction caused T.B. 63 to collide with T.B. 77 as she was getting underway in Sheerness Harbour on 5 July 1888. When the Lieutenant in charge of 63 gave the order from the bridge to go astern, the remote telegraph indicated "Full speed ahead", and 63 leapt forward with much gusto and struck 77 with such effect that the latter had difficulty remaining afloat. A Court of Inquiry was to be held to probe this misadventure.[7]

She was stationed in Chatham in 1895 as one of eight large torpedo boats of at least 125 feet length and two smaller ones.[8] She was still stationed at Chatham in 1905, as a tender to Pembroke.[9] By late 1911 she had been transferred to Devonport and was listed as a tender to H.M.S. Vivid, and was still stationed there at the outbreak of war.[10][11]

Sold at Malta on 18 December, 1919 along with her sister T.B. 070.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

I am unsure why Simpson is wedged in there; possibly Dunne was indisposed for a period.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103.
  2. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311. Date listed as uncertain.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 103. The date of launch is imprecise.
  4. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  5. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 78.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 06, 1888; pg. 8; Issue 32431.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1895. p. 62.
  9. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 399.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 401a.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1914). p. 402.
  12. ↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 311.
  13. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 2 July, 1887. Issue 32114, col C, p. 12.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 03, 1888; pg. 10; Issue 32428.
  15. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres." The Times (London, England), Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
  17. ↑ Bedwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/118. f. ?.
  18. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 5, 1900, Issue 36186, p.10. This source has it as 10 July.
  19. ↑ Bedwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/118. f. ?.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 399v.
  21. ↑ Dunne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/153/42. f. 42.
  22. ↑ Hocken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/207. f. 207.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 958.
  24. ↑ Hocken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/58/207. f. 207.

Bibliography


125 Footer Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Prototype
  T.B. 25  
Thornycroft Boats
T.B. 26 T.B. 27 T.B. 28 T.B. 29 T.B. 41
T.B. 42 T.B. 43 T.B. 44 T.B. 45 T.B. 46
T.B. 47 T.B. 48 T.B. 49 T.B. 50 T.B. 51
T.B. 52 T.B. 53 T.B. 54 T.B. 55 T.B. 56
  T.B. 57 T.B. 58 T.B. 59 T.B. 60  
Yarrow Boats
T.B. 30 T.B. 31 T.B. 32 T.B. 33 T.B. 61
T.B. 62 T.B. 63 T.B. 64 T.B. 65 T.B. 66
T.B. 67 T.B. 68 T.B. 69 T.B. 70 T.B. 71
T.B. 72 T.B. 73 T.B. 74 T.B. 75 T.B. 76
  T.B. 77 T.B. 78  
White Boats
T.B. 34 T.B. 35 T.B. 36 T.B. 37 T.B. 38
Yarrow Special
  T.B. 79  
<– H.M. T.B. 81 Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>
<– H.M. T.B. 81 First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 80 –>
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