| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Rescue Tug |
| Class | Rollicker |
| Pennant | W 92 |
| Built by | Ayrshire Dockyard Co. Ltd. (Irvine, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | 21 Nov 1918 |
| Commissioned | Mar 1919 |
| End service | |
| History |
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Notable events involving Respond include:
26 Mar 1940
Around 2300A/26, the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious (Capt. G. D’Oyly-Hughes, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) and the destroyers HMAS Stuart (Cdr. H.M.L. Waller, RAN) and HMS Westcott (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN), which were exercising near Malta, are ordered to proceed to approximate position 36°00'N, 15°45'E where the tanker Trocas (British, 7406 GRT, built 1927) is reported to have broken down.
They sighted the tanker around 0310A/27.
Around 0430A/27, HMAS Stuart was detached to standby the tanker while HMS Glorious and HMS Westcott continued the exercises. HMAS Stuart took the tanker, which had a broken propeller shaft, in tow towards Malta. She was later relieved by the tug HMS Respond. (1)
Sources
- ADM 53/122339 + Report of proceedings of the Australian Destroyer Flotilla for March 1,940
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.