HMS Tonbridge

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

• HMS Tonbridge (1918) was a Hunt-class minesweeper launched in 1918 and sold in 1928.[1]
• HMS Tonbridge (T119) 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]

See also

• HMS Tonbridge Castle

References

1. 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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
2. Don Kindell. "British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
3. "Dover Book of Remembrance - 1939–1945" (PDF). Kent War Memorials Transcription Project. Retrieved 8 November 2008.