| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | FY 850 |
| Built by | Hawthorns & Co., Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 1918 |
| Commissioned | Mar 1942 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed on 9 May 1918. Returned to her owner in April 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Tumby (FY 850)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | J W Greengrass, RNR | 22 Jun 1940 | Mar 1942 |
| 2 | T/Lt. John Norman Bligh, RNVR | Mar 1942 | 19 Nov 1943 |
| 3 | T/Lt. George Henry Hatton Matthews, RNVR | 19 Nov 1943 | 1 Dec 1943 |
| 4 | T/Skr. George Cecil Cranwell Mileham, RNR | 1 Dec 1943 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Tumby include:
19 Dec 1939
Tumby (Skr. J.W. Greengrass, RNR) picks up survivors from the British merchant City of Kobe that was sunk near Cross Sand Buoy, Great Yarmouth in position 52°35'N, 01°59'E after hitting a mine laid on 15 December 1939 by German U-boat U-60.