HMS Tamar

Six ships and a naval station of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Tamar, after the River Tamar in South West England:

  • HMS Tamar was the name for the Royal Navy's shore base in Hong Kong from 1897 to 1997, named after the initial vessel to serve as the base ship.

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The SS Tamar was a 3,207 ton British steamer run by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which was sunk off Brazil during World War I by the Kronprinz Wilhelm on 24 March 1915, while on passage from Santos to Le Havre.[1] She was one of four ships which bore this name between 1854 and 1922.[2]

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