Allied Warships

RHS Tompazis (K 216)

Corvette of the Flower class

NavyThe Royal Hellenic Navy
TypeCorvette
ClassFlower 
PennantK 216 
Built byFleming & Ferguson Ltd. (Paisley, Scotland) 
Ordered24 Oct 1940 
Laid down10 Feb 1941 
Launched28 Jul 1941 
CommissionedNov 1943 
End service 
History

Transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in November 1943 and renamed Tompazis.
Returned in 1952.
Scrapped in the U.K. starting on 20 March 1952.

 
Former nameHMS 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

  1. ADM 173/19346
  2. ADM 173/18513
  3. File 2.12.03.6372 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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