Four ships and a training establishment of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Tenedos'', after the island of
Tenedos:
Ships
* was a 38-gun
fifth rate launched in 1812. She was used as a
convict hulk from 1843 and was broken up in 1875.
* was a wooden
screw sloop launched in 1870. She was rated as a
corvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...
from 1875 and was sold in 1887.
* was a
depot ship for
torpedo boat destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in 1 ...
s at
Devonport. She was the former , renamed HMS ''Tenedos'' in 1904. She was transferred to
Chatham Dockyard in 1906 to become a training establishment.
* was an launched in 1918 and sunk in 1942.
Training establishments
* was a training establishment at
Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
for boy artificers. It was established in 1906 aboard the old HMS ''Triumph'', but closed in 1910. A number of other ships were renamed HMS ''Tenedos'' whilst serving as homes for the establishment:
** was the original HMS ''Tenedos'' between 1906 and 1910.
** was HMS ''Tenedos II'' between 1905 and 1910.
** was HMS ''Tenedos III'' between 1906 and 1910.
See also
*
Tenedos (disambiguation)
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Royal Navy ship names