H.M.S. Tonbridge (1918)
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| H.M.S. Tonbridge (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Pendant Number: | 4358[1] |
| Pendant Number: | T.A9 (early 1919)[2] |
| Builder: | William Simons & Company[3] |
| Ordered: | mid 1917[4] |
| Launched: | 5 Nov, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | 19 May, 1928[6] |
H.M.S. Tonbridge was one of one hundred and fourteen Hunt Class minesweepers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Tonbridge operated with the Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla out of Portsmouth from late 1918 through at least April-May 1919, bearing the Senior Officer for the mine clearance formation.
Tonbridge paid off to a C. & M. Party on 14 October, 1919.[7]
In January, 1921, she was at Harwich, one of forty-one paid off minesweepers there.[8]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Claude P. Hermon-Hodge, 5 November, 1918[9] – April, 1919
- Lieutenant in Command William N. Kingdon, 3 April, 1919[10][11] – 4 November, 1919[12] (and as S.O. Twenty-second Fleet Sweeping Flotilla)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. "A" denotes Answer pendant here. p. 114.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 114.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 275a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 707a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 921.
- ↑ Kingdon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/37. f. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 921.
- ↑ Kingdon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/37. f. 37.
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