An item reported the arrival on 9 February of the British destroyer HMS Tenedos (1) at Danzig and the departure from last mentioned port by the Torbay (2) towards Copenhagen, Denmark.
Notes
1. Building ordered on 9 April 1917, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie on 6 December 1917, launched on 21 October 1918, commissioned in 1919 and sunk in a Japanese air attack on Colombo, Ceylon on 5 April 1942. Part of S-class destroyers preceded by R and W-classes succeeded by modified W-class.
2. Part of Thornycroft S-class destroyers preceded by R and W-classes succeeded by modified W-class. Building ordered in June 1917, launched by Thornycroft on 6 March 1919, acquired by the Canadian navy on 1 March 1928, renamed Champlain, decommissioned on 25 November 1936 and broken up in 1937.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-98-79
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