Navy | The Royal Hellenic Navy |
Type | Corvette |
Class | Flower |
Pennant | K 216 |
Built by | Fleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland) |
Ordered | 24 Oct 1940 |
Laid down | 10 Feb 1941 |
Launched | 28 Jul 1941 |
Commissioned | Nov 1943 |
End service | |
History | Transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in November 1943 and renamed Tompazis. |
Former name | HMS Tamarisk |
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Notable events involving Tompazis include:
14 Jan 1944
HMS Varangian (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with RHS Tompazis, HMCS Forrest Hill (T/Lt. E.U. Jones, RCNVR) and HMS Gillstone (T/Lt. G. Hibbs, DSC, RNVR). (1)
15 Jan 1944
HMS Varangian (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with RHS Tompazis and HMS Gillstone (T/Lt. G. Hibbs, DSC, RNVR). (1)
20 Jan 1944
HMS Varangian (Lt. S.J. Fovargue, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Tobermory with RHS Tompazis. (1)
21 Feb 1944
HMS H 44 (Lt. P.N. Joyce, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with RHS Tompazis and HMS Lavender (Lt. L.G. Pilcher, RNR). (2)
22 Feb 1944
HrMs O 9 (Lt. J.B.M.J. Maas, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Volunteer (Lt.Cdr. J.E.R. Wilford, RNR), RHS Tompazis, HMS Orchis (T/Lt. B.W. Harris, DSC, RNVR), HMS Lavender (Lt. L.G. Pilcher, RNR) and HMS Buttercup (T/Lt. R.J. Jonckheere, RNR). (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/19346
- ADM 173/18513
- File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.