H.M.S. Tulip (1916)
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H.M.S. Tulip (1916) | |
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Builder: | Richardson, Duck & Company[1] |
Ordered: | Jan, 1916[2] |
Launched: | 15 Jul, 1916[3] |
Sunk: | 30 Apr, 1917[4] |
Fate: | by U.62 |
H.M.S. Tulip was one of twelve Aubrietia Class convoy sloops completed for the Royal Navy. She was also used as a Q-ship, under the designation Q.12.
Service
Lieutenant-Commander Lockyer was credited with sinking a submarine with her on 3 January, 1917,[5] but no known U-boat loss seems to correspond to this claimed sinking.[6]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Edmund L. B. Lockyer, August, 1916[7] – 14 January, 1917[8]
- Commander Norman McC. Lewis, 14 January, 1917[9] – 30 April, 1917[10] (ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
- ↑ Lockyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/73. f. 73.
- ↑ UBoat.net page on WW1 losses.
- ↑ Lockyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/73. f. 73.
- ↑ Lockyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/73. f. 73.
- ↑ Lewis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 59.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 87.
Bibliography
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Aubrietia | Heather | Salvia | Tamarisk | Tulip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Montbretia | Polyanthus |