H.M.S. Tobago (1918)

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H.M.S. Tobago (1918)
Pendant Number: G.61 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1917 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 15 Jul, 1918[4]
Completed: 2 Oct, 1918[5]
Sold:

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

Service

When Commander Lionel George Dawson travelled to Invergordon to join his new command in February, 1919, he stopped by his club and picked up "a silver rose-bowl, and other articles for the ship, subscribed for by the inhabitants of the islands of Trinidad and Tobago." When the ship was mined in the Black Sea in 1921, these items would make their way to the naval depot at Malta, Egmont.[6]

She arrived at Malta on 2 June, 1919 in company with Senator.[7] On 21 July, she departed Malta for Fiume,[8] arriving there with Steadfast on 23 July.

On 5 October 1919 she arrived at Pola on her way to Abazzia.[9] On 23 October she left for Malta along with Martin.[10]

On 30 December 1919, she departed Constantinople for Malta,[11] arriving there on 19 January, 1920.[12]

On 8 March 1920 she left Constantinople for Batoum.[13]

Tobago paid off on 15 December, 1920.[14]

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. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 75.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 311.
  6. Dawson. Mediterranean Medley. p. 3.
  7. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 5 June 1919, p. 8.
  8. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 25 July 1919, p. 6.
  9. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 7 Oct. 1919, p. 12.
  10. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 27 Oct. 1919, p. 23.
  11. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 9 Jan. 1920, p. 4.
  12. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 22 Jan. 1920, p. 20.
  13. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 15 Mar. 1920, p. 8.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 875.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 921.
  17. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  18. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  19. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  20. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 875.
  22. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/216. f. 586.
  23. Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
  24. Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.

Bibliography


"S" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Simoom Scimitar Scotsman Scout Shark
Sparrowhawk Splendid Sabre Saladin Sikh
Sirdar Somme Success Shamrock Shikari
Senator Sepoy Seraph Swallow Swordsman
Steadfast Sterling Tribune Trinidad Tactician
Tara Tasmania Tattoo Scythe Seabear
Seafire Searcher Seawolf Sportive Stalwart
Tilbury Tintagel Sardonyx Stonehenge Stormcloud
Spear Spindrift Serapis Serene Sesame
Strenuous Stronghold Sturdy Trojan Truant
Trusty Turbulent Tenedos Thanet Thracian
Thornycroft Specials
Speedy Tobago Torbay Toreador Tourmaline
Yarrow Specials
Torch Tomahawk Tryphon Tumult Turquoise
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