H.M.S. Tartar (1937)

H.M.S. Tartar (1937)
Pendant Number:	F43
Builder:	Swan Hunter
Laid down:	26 Aug, 1936
Launched:	21 Oct, 1937
Commissioned:	10 Mar, 1939
Sold:	6 Jan, 1948

H.M.S. Tartar was one of twenty-seven Tribal Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Upon entering service in February, 1938 Tartar became divisional leader in the Second Destroyer Flotilla.

Captains

• Captain Gerald H. Warner, 27 February, 1938 – 16 October, 1939
• Lieutenant-Commander Douglas E. Holland-Martin, 16 October, 1939 – 20 January, 1940
• Commander Lionel P. Skipwith, 20 January, 1940 – 29 May, 1940
• Captain Clifford Caslon, 29 May, 1940 – 5 September, 1940  (and as Captain (D), Sixth Destroyer Flotilla)
• Commander Lionel P. Skipwith, 5 September, 1940 – 17 February, 1942
• Commander Richard T. White, 17 February, 1942 – 28 April, 1942
• Commander St. John R. J. Tyrwhitt, 5 June, 1942 – 15 March, 1944
• Commander Basil Jones, 15 March, 1944 – late 1945

See Also

• Wikipedia