B1

 

Type:
'B' Class

Pennant No.:
I.21

Laid Down:
1903-1905
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.
Was laid down as A.14.

Commissioned:
16th April 1905
Not known at present.

Commander:
1907
Lt. A.D. Cochrane.
1910
Lt. R.B. Darke.
1911
Lt. W.R.D. Crowther.
1911
Lt. E.G.H. Master.
Aug. 1912 - May 1913
Lt. R.H.B. Everard.
May 1913 - 1915
Lt. Basil Beal.
1915
Lt. R.A. Trevor.

Complement:
15
2 Officers, 13 Ratings

Service Career:
1905- 1907
HMS Thames, Portsmouth Flotilla.
1908
HMS Bonaventure, Home Fleet Flotilla.
1910
HMS Forth, 1st Section, Devonport.
1911
HMS Arrogant, 4th Section, Portsmouth.
1912 - Sept. 1916
2nd Flotilla, HMS Dolphin, Portsmouth.
Sept. - Nov. 1916
6th Flotilla, HMS Dolphin, Portsmouth.

Fate:
Spent the First World War in Home waters where it helped screen the movement of the British Expeditionary Force to France in August 1914.

The operational career of the boat in home waters was brief and none of the 'B' Class which were operating in home waters was on active service by the end of 1916.

By this time they were being used for training, experimental duties or paid off.

Sold August 1921.