HMS Tamarisk (K216)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Tamarisk |
| Ordered | 24 October 1940 |
| Builder | Fleming and Ferguson, Northern Ireland |
| Laid down | 10 February 1941 |
| Launched | 28 July 1941 |
| Commissioned | 26 December 1941 |
| Fate | Transferred to Greece |
 Greece | |
| Name | Tombazis |
| Decommissioned | 1952 |
| Fate | Returned to UK, scrapped on 20 March 1952 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement | 940 t (930 long tons) |
| Length | 62.48 m (205 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 10.06 m (33 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
| Propulsion | triple expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance | fuel oil — 230 t (230 long tons; 250 short tons) |
| Complement | 85 |
Tombazis (Greek: ΒΠ Τομπάζης) was a Greek corvette of the Flower class, originally the British HMS Tamarisk. It was one of four corvettes of this type transferred to Greece during World War II.
Name
[edit]The ship was named after Iakovos Tombazis (Greek: Ιάκωβος Τομπάζης, 1782–1829), a merchant and shipowner, the first commander of the revolutionary fleet during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829).[citation needed]
Service
[edit]In November 1943, the command of the corvette was assumed by commander Georgios Panayotopoulos. Tombazis provided convoy escort in the Atlantic and participated in the Normandy landings alongside the Greek Flower-class corvette Kriezis. During the first 20 days of the landings, Tombazis escorted seven convoys from Portsmouth, England to Normandy.[citation needed]
From 25 June to 7 July 1944, Tombazis escorted seven convoys along the route from Wales to the Cornwall peninsula, and from then until 10 August, she escorted nine more convoys from Portsmouth to Normandy.[1]
Tombazis also participated in landing operations in southern France.[2][3]
In 1952, the ship was returned to the United Kingdom and scrapped in the same year.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ [taneatismikrospilias24.weebly.com/…/]
- ^ Στοιχεία από το βιβλίο της ΜΠΥ Αικατερίνης Φακάλου ‘’Τα πλοία του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού 1828—2000
- ^ Hellenic Navy Historical Service — Ship histories [dead link]
