| Built By: | Lieutenant Commander (WESM) Clive Waghorn |
| Build Group: | St George |
| Fate: | Sold in 1920 |
Pennant Numbers
Cruiser of Edgar Type completed conversion to depot ship in March, 1910
She served the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla in the Forth from mid-1913 if not earlier, the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla in the Humber in 1914-15, and finally to the Mediterranean
| 23-04-1890 | Laid down |
| 23-06-1892 | Launched |
| 25-10-1894 | Commissioned |
| 15-03-1910 | Recommissioned as Depot Ship |
| 01-07-1920 | Sold |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | T 1 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Tarpon left Portsmouth for Rosyth on 5th April 1940. She was diverted to patrol around Norway on 6th April 1940. Around 0600 hours on 10th April 1940 the Tarpon encountered the German 'Q-ship' Schiff 40 west of Jutland, Denmark. Tarpon attacked the German vessel with two torpedoes both of which missed. It is assumed that Tarpon was sunk with all hands by depth charges in a counter-attack by Schiff 40. Tarpon was reported overdue on 22nd April 1940. Tarpon was probably the first British submarine to be lost to depth charges in WW2. | |
Woven between the recipes in this book are true facts and tid-bits about the food, the cooks and general life aboard ship.
Along with the recipes, this book aims to preserve a segment of British history, Royal Navy social history, which is fading all too quickly and would otherwise be lost in the grey sea-mists of oblivion.
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: T Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | T 1 |
| Fate: | |
| HMS Tarpon left Portsmouth for Rosyth on 5th April 1940. She was diverted to patrol around Norway on 6th April 1940. Around 0600 hours on 10th April 1940 the Tarpon encountered the German 'Q-ship' Schiff 40 west of Jutland, Denmark. Tarpon attacked the German vessel with two torpedoes both of which missed. It is assumed that Tarpon was sunk with all hands by depth charges in a counter-attack by Schiff 40. Tarpon was reported overdue on 22nd April 1940. Tarpon was probably the first British submarine to be lost to depth charges in WW2. | |
Woven between the recipes in this book are true facts and tid-bits about the food, the cooks and general life aboard ship.
Along with the recipes, this book aims to preserve a segment of British history, Royal Navy social history, which is fading all too quickly and would otherwise be lost in the grey sea-mists of oblivion.
12 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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