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Tenedos

HMS Tenedos

Sunk

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassS
WarSecond World War

Old destroyer of Force Z, sent back to Singapore short of fuel, and bombed without effect on the way. Sunk by Japanese aircraft at Colombo in April 1942.

Photograph of British destroyer HMS Tenedos, underway at speed. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

BuilderHawthorn Leslie
Laid down6 December 1917
Launched21 October 1918
Commissioned1919

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

21 October 1918

10 December 1941

Detached; bombed on her way back

5 April 1942

Sunk at Colombo