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HMS Tamar

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Six ships and a naval station of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Tamar, after the River Tamar in South West England:

The River-class frigate HMS Aire was briefly renamed Tamar on her transfer to the base in Hong Kong on 14 March 1946 as the nominal depot ship. The name reverted to Aire on 20 November 1946. She was wrecked in the early hours of 20 December 1946 when a typhoon drove her aground on Bombay Reef.[1]

SS Tamar

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Four ships of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company bore the name SS Tamar between 1854 and 1922.[2] One of these, a 3,207-ton steamer built in 1902, was captured and sunk sank off Brazil by the Kronprinz Wilhelm during World War I on 24 March 1915, while on a passage from Santos to Le Havre.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Shipwrecked in the South China Sea". Royal Navy Research Archive. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Royal Mail Steam Packet Company / Royal Mail Lines Limited". The Ships List. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Royal Mail Steam Packet Company 1914–1926". www.merchantnavyofficers.com. Retrieved 28 April 2010.