HMS Tormentor

Three vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have born the title of HMS Tormentor:

• HMS Tormentor (1794) was a vessel purchased in the West Indies that served as a gunboat at the capture of Martinique, St Lucia, and Guadeloupe in 1794;[1] her fate is unknown. Her crew qualified for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "17 Mar. Boat Service 1794"[2]
• HMS Tormentor (1917) was an R-class destroyer built by Stephen; launched 22 May 1917; sold for breaking up 19 November 1929, but wrecked off South Wales while under tow en route to breakers 13 December 1929.
• HMS Tormentor (1979) was a torpedo recovery vessel; she arrived at Swansea on 1 February 2012 for breaking up.
• HMS Tormentor (WWII shore establishment) was a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy during World War II, based near Warsash, on the River Hamble.
• HMS Tormentor II was a WWII raining camp at Cowes, Isle of Wight

Citations

1. "No. 15245". The London Gazette. 5 April 1800. p. 339.
2. "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 246.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.