H.M.S. Tenedos (1918)

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H.M.S. Tenedos (1918)
Pendant Number: F.A4 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 21 Oct, 1918[4]
Completed: Jun, 1919[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Tenedos was one of sixty-seven "S" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy as the Great War was ending. She was completed after the war.

The old ironclad Triumph was re-named Tenedos in 1904.

Service

Tenedos was completed to Full crew at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[6]

Re-commissioned on 30 June, 1921.[7]

She paid off into Maintenance Reserve in Rosyth on 15 November, 1927.[8]

Commissioned at Rosyth on 16 September, 1930.[9]

Paid off into Reserve at Portsmouth on 1 June, 1932.[10]

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.[11]

She was commissioned on 1 June, 1934 in the Reserve Fleet in Devonport.[12]

Tenedos was commissioned at Devonport on 14 October, 1935.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 85.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 872.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 274.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 273.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 274.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 277.
  11. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 279.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 279.
  14. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 24 Oct. 1919, p. 4.
  15. Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  16. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 872.
  17. Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  18. Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/55. f. 458.
  19. Howard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/55. f. 458.
  20. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  21. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  22. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 10 Nov. 1919, p. 26.
  23. Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.
  24. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, March 5, 1932, Issue 46074, p.8.
  25. Milner-Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/185. f. 185.
  26. Milner-Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/185. f. 185.
  27. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  28. Milner-Barry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/185. f. 185.
  29. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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