HMS Aberfoyle
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Aberfoyle |
Builder | Phillip & Son, Dartmouth |
Launched | 1912 |
Decommissioned | 1947 |
In service | Purchased 4 November 1920 |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
Fate | Sold, 1947 |
General characteristics |
HMS Aberfoyle was a tender of the Royal Navy. The vessel was purchased on 4 November 1920[1] Lough Swilly Steamboat Company in Derry. The vessel was named in March 1938 as HMS Dolphin and was placed as a mother ship in Portsmouth. The ship was sold in 1947.[2]
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- Colledge, JJ & Warlow, Ben: Ships of the Royal Navy - The Complete Record of the Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present . Newbury, UK: Casemate, 2010. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1 . (in English)
- Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Lenton, HT & Colledge, JJ: Warships of World War II . London, UK: Ian Allan Ltd. (in English)