HMS Tormentor (1917)

Ship badge of HMS Tormentor.
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tormentor.

HMS Tormentor was an R-class destroyer built by Alexander Stephen & Sons in Glasgow, Scotland.[1][2] The ship is a notable wreck off Old Castle Head, near Manorbier in southern Wales.[3][1]

The ship was ordered in March 1916.[2]

The ship was launched on 22 May 1917.[2] She saw service during the First World War.[3][1] The ship engines were from William Beardmore and Company.[4]

The ship was sold for breaking up on 19 November 1929, but was wrecked off South Wales while under tow en route to the breakers yard on 13 December 1929.[3] Parts of the wreck have been recovered, including a brass name plate and speaking tube.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  2. ^ a b c Randall, Ian (1997). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. Conway Maritime Press Ltd. p. 81. ISBN 978-0851772455.
  3. ^ a b c d "HMS Tormentor". Coflein. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ Johnston, Ian (2008). Beardmore Built. The Rise and Fall of a Clydeside Shipyard. Clydebank District Museum and Libraries. p. 166.