Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Rescue Tug |
Class | Saint |
Pennant | W 27 |
Built by | Livingstone & Cooper Ltd. (Hessle, UK) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | |
Launched | Sep 1919 |
Commissioned | Nov 1919 |
End service | |
History |
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Notable events involving St. Martin include:
24 Jan 1941
HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. H.F. Bone, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted gunnery exercises in the Clyde area on a target towed by HMS St. Martin. (1)
26 Aug 1943
HMS Stonehenge (Lt. D.S.M. Verschoyle-Campbell, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises in the Clyde area with aircraft from HMS Tracker (Capt.(Retd.) D.S. McGrath, RN). Also a practice attack was made on Tracker. These exercises were followed by night gunnery exercises on a target that was being towed by HMS St. Martin. (2)
18 Feb 1944
HMS Strongbow (Lt. J.A.R. Troup, DSC, RN) conducted gunnery exercises in the Clyde area on a target that was being towed by HMS St. Martin. (3)
Sources
- ADM 173/17045
- ADM 173/18116
- ADM 173/18851
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.