H.M.S. Tulip (1916)

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 16:50, 15 June 2016 by Tone (Talk | contribs) (Service)

Jump to: navigation, search
H.M.S. Tulip (1916)
Builder: Richardson Duck[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

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 95.
  5. Lockyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/73. f. 73.
  6. UBoat.net page on WW1 losses.
  7. Lockyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/73. f. 73.
  8. Lockyer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/73. f. 73.

Bibliography


Aubrietia Class Convoy Sloop
Aubrietia Heather Salvia Tamarisk Tulip
Viola Andromeda Gaillardia Hibiscus Lychnis
  Montbretia Polyanthus