H.M.S. Tara (1918)

H.M.S. Tara (1918)
Pendant Number:	G.62 (Nov 1918)
Builder:	William Beardmore & Company
Ordered:	Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)
Launched:	12 Oct, 1918
Completed:	9 Dec, 1918
Sold:

H.M.S. Tara was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending.

Service

Tara was re-commissioned at the Nore on 10 November, 1919, tender to Vernon.

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Henry A. Binmore, 5 November, 1918 – 24 March, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Joseph B. Newill, 10 November, 1919 – 17 May, 1920
• Lieutenant-Commander Charles M. Blackman, 17 May, 1920 – 2 January, 1922
• Lieutenant-Commander John E. Phayre, 29 December, 1921 – 30 November, 1922
• Lieutenant-Commander Francis A. Trepess, 15 November, 1922 – 11 December, 1924
• Lieutenant-Commander Stanley F. W. Laidlaw, 8 December, 1924 – 23 June, 1926
• Lieutenant-Commander Colin R. St. G. Tucker, 18 July, 1926 – 15 March, 1927
• Lieutenant-Commander The Hon. Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, 15 March, 1927 – 1 June, 1928
• Lieutenant-Commander Leslie T. Creery Hill, 1 June, 1928 – 1 June, 1929
• Lieutenant-Commander John H. Cobby, 1 June, 1929 – c. August 1931  (transferred out to Stronghold on unknown date)

See Also

• Wikipedia