H.M.S. Tourmaline (1919)

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H.M.S. Tourmaline (1919)
Pendant Number: D.83 (Dec 1919)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: Jun, 1917 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 12 Apr, 1919[4]
Completed: Dec, 1919[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Tourmaline completed to full crew at Portsmouth, 18 December, 1919.[6]

On 17 January 1921, Tourmaline collided with Turquoise off Ryde Pier as the two departed Portland to join the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla for a three month cruise with the Atlantic Fleet. The two had to go to Portsmouth to await repairs.[7]

Tourmaline was re-commissioned at Portsmouth with reduced crew on 29 November, 1923. By March 1925, she was in service in the Mediterranean.[8]

She re-commissioned at Gibraltar for service as leader of the Gibraltar Local Defence Flotilla on 15 May, 1926.[9]

Re-commissioned at Gibraltar for continued service with the Gibraltar Local Defence Flotilla on 24 November, 1928.[10]

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. (December, 1920). p. 876.
  7. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 20 Jan. 1921, p. 17.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 275a.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 275a.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 275a.
  11. Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  12. Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  13. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  14. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  15. Butter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/122. f. 486.
  16. Butter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/122. f. 486.
  17. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  18. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  19. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/89. f. 47.
  20. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/89. f. 47.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 822.
  22. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/89. f. 47.
  23. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 276.
  25. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
  26. Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
  27. Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 275a.
  29. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  30. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  31. Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
  32. Soutter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/127/8. f. 8.
  33. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 275a.
  34. Hudson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/49. f. ?.
  35. Hudson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/49. f. ?.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 275a.

Bibliography


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