HMS Tartar (pennant number L43, later F43) was a Tribal-classdestroyer of the BritishRoyal Navy that saw service in World War II. HMS Leeds Castle, launched in 1943 as a corvette with pennant number K384, was redesignated a frigate in 1948 and given the new flag superior F as seen here. ... The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II. // From 1926 all Royal Navy destroyers had descended from a common lineage based upon the prototypes Amazon and Ambuscade. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
List of destroyers of the Royal Navy List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy The Tribal class, or Afridi class, were a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II. // From 1926 all Royal Navy destroyers had descended from a common lineage based upon the prototypes Amazon and Ambuscade. ... The second HMS Afridi (L-07/F-07) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 9 June 1936, launched on 8 June 1937 by Lady Foster and commissioned on 3 May 1938. ... HMS Ashanti was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Bedouin (pennant number L67, later F67) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ... HMS Cossack (L-03/F-03/G-03) was a Tribal-class destroyer which became famous for the boarding of the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters, and the associated rescue of sailors originally captured by the Admiral Graf Spee. ... HMS Eskimo (L-75/F-75/G-75) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5 August 1936, launched on 3 September 1937 and commissioned on 30 December 1938. ... HMS Gurkha (L-20/F-20) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 6 July 1936, launched on 7 July 1937 and commissioned on 21 October 1938. ... HMS Maori (L-24/F-24/G-24) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 6 June 1936, launched on 2 September 1937 by Mrs. ... HMS Mashona (pennant number L59, later F59) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ... HMS Matabele (pennant number L26, later F26) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ... HMS Mohawk (L-31/F-31/G-31) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston in Southampton on 16 July 1936, launched on 5 October 1937 and commissioned on 7 September 1938. ... HMS Nubian (pennant number L36, later F36) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ... HMS Punjabi was a Tribal Class destroyer of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. ... HMS Sikh was a Tribal class destroyer of the Fourth destroyer flotilla of the British Navy. ... HMS Somali (pennant number L33, later F33) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. Categories: | | | ... The second HMS Zulu of the Royal Navy was a Tribal-class destroyer. ... HMCS Athabaskan (G 07) was the first of three destroyers of the Canadian Navy to bear this name. ... HMCS Athabaskan (R79) was the second destroyer of the Canadian Navy to bear that name. ... HMCS Cayuga R04/218 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. ... HMCS Haida (G-63) is the most famous ship in the Royal Canadian Navy, having sunk more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian ship. ... HMCS Huron (G24) G24/216 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. ... HMCS Iroquois G89/217 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. ... HMCS Micmac (R10)/214 was a Destroyer of the Tribal class built in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Canadian Navy. ... The HMCS Nootka was commissioned August 7, 1946 at Halifax, Nova Scotia a tribal class destroyer in the Canadian Navy. ... The first HMAS Arunta (D-130/I-30) was a Tribal class destroyer, laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 15 November 1939, launched on 30 November 1940, and commissioned on 30 March 1942. ... HMAS Bataan (D-9/D-191/I-91) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 18 February 1942, launched on 15 January 1944 by Mrs. ... HMAS Warramunga (D-10) was a Tribal class destroyer, laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney on the 10th February 1940, launched on 7 February 1942 by Mrs. ... This is a list of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy. ... This is a list of major classes of warship operated by the Royal Australian Navy. ...
HMS Foresight was an F-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
She operated as a fast minesweeper during World War II, and was sunk by air attack during Operation Pedestal.
With no power, the arrival of the Tribal class destroyer Tartar and her attempt to tow was fruitless, and she was scuttled by a torpedo after her crew was taken off.
Page 4 of Admiralty report, H.M.S. Nubian No. 5/16 of 23 April 1940, confirms that my grandfather and his crew were taken aboard this Flotilla Class Destroyer during the course of the evening, Sunday 21 April 1940 and returned to Scapa Flow on Tuesday, 23 April 1940.
Commissioned with a Portsmouth crew on the 19th November 1938, Auckland worked up at Portland and sailed for her first assignment on 4th January 1939, arriving at Simonstown on the 17th February and cruised on the eastern coast of southern Africa during that summer.
On the 8th April 1941 Auckland arrived at Alexandria and transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet being based at Alexandria and covering convoys and operations along the Libyan coast until sunk by air attack off Tobruk on the 24th June 1941.
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