HMS Tenedos was an Admiralty 'S' class destroyer. The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1919 she served throughout the period between the two World Wars. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A world war is a War affecting the majority of the world's most powerful and populous nations
Laid down on the 6 December 1917, she was constructed by Hawthorn Leslie of Tyne, and was completed in 1918. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev
She was sunk at Colombo Harbour (Ceylon - Now Sri Lanka) by Japanese carrier borne aircraft on 5th April 1942. Colombo ( Sinhala:, ˈkoləmbə Tamil: கொழும்பு is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
References
- Martin Middlebrook and Patrick Mahoney, Battleship: The Sinking of the Prince Of Wales and the Repulse - Page 321, (Classic Penguin, 2001) ISBN 0-14-139119-7
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