British dispatch vessel HMS Surprise to be disposed according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 8 dated 25 February 1922

An item reported that the British HMS Surprise proceeded towards Portsmouth, England to be paid off for disposal on 31 March. (1)

Note

1. Yacht built in 1896 by Ailsa Shipbuilding, served in the Russian navyy as Razsvet until she was seized in 1918 becoming a dispatch vessel, renamed Surprise in 1920, sold in 1923 , recommisiones in 1939 retaining her name Surprise and sunk off Lagos, Nigeria on 28 February 1942.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-133-91