HMS Tonbridge

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Tonbridge, after the Kent town:

HMS Tonbridge was a Hunt-class minesweeper launched in 1918 and sold in 1928.^[1]
HMS Tonbridge was a 683 ton civilian ship built in 1924 but requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a netlayer during World War II. It was sunk near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on 22 August 1941 by the German Air Force with the loss of 35 lives.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
^ Don Kindell. "British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day". Naval-History.net. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4108-35AUG02.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
^ "Dover Book of Remembrance - 1939–1945" (PDF). Kent War Memorials Transcription Project. http://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/DOVER%20BOOK%20OF%20REMEMBERANCE%20WW2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

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HMS Tonbridge

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