This is a stamped, identifiable, original print stamped A.W. Bell for the discerning Collector.
The watermark "24JCAB" does not form part of the image.
This fine photograph is from a Superb World Class Naval Collection of Postcards and Photographs that recently came on the market. The original Owner/Collector spent decades assembling this collection and he was intimately involved in this area of expertise in the UK. Many of these images are rare or never been on the market for decades!
Highly knowledgeable, meticulous and clearly attached to his work he could even identify the time and place where these images were taken!
Even if there are multiple photographs of individual ships each is different whether taken from the bow, stern, starboard or port side! A Truly remarkable collection!
Description
HMS "Tenedos" ( Pennant number initially FA4 and later H04 ) was an Admiralty 'S' class destroyer . Laid down on 6 December 1917, she was constructed by Hawthorn Leslie of Tyne , and was completed in 1918. She was commissioned in 1919 and served throughout the interwar period .
WW11 - In August 1939, Tenedos , along with sister ships Scout , Thanet and Thracian , formed a local defence flotilla at Hong Kong . On 24 August 1939 Tenedos and Scout left Hong Kong for Singapore. When the two destroyers arrived at Singapore on 28 August, they were quickly converted to minelayers, which involved removal of one 4 inch gun and the torpedo tubes to accommodate 40 mines. The two destroyers laid a defensive minefield of 544 mines off Singapore between 4 and 8 September 1939, after which Scout was returned to normal destroyer configuration, while Tenedos continued on minelaying duties, with two more minefields being laid off Singapore by October 1939. Two merchant ships, Høegh Transporter and Sirdhana , were sunk by these minefields in October–November 1939. Tenedos then had her normal destroyer armament refitted. On 23 March 1940, the Royal Navy formed Malaya Force, with the intention of preventing German merchant ships from leaving harbours in the Dutch East Indies . Tenedos , along with Stronghold was assigned to patrol off Sabang , where five German ships were trapped. The German merchant ships were seized by the Dutch following the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940.
In April 1942, the Japanese launched a raid into the Indian Ocean by its fast carrier forces. A RCAF Catalina flying boat spotted the Japanese fleet 350 miles south-east of Ceylon on 4 April and radioed a sighting report before being shot down. Thus warned, all shipping in Colombo and Trincomalee harbours was ordered to leave port and disperse to avoid the impending Japanese attack. Tenedos , however, was under repair in Colombo harbour and unable to leave, and was sunk with the loss of 33 officers and men by Japanese bombers when they attacked on 5 April. The wreck was removed in February 1944 by HM salvage vessel Salviking .
Back: HMS Tenedos c 1935.
Condition: Fine image. Postcard sized. Good medium Stock. See high resolution scans for details.
Shipping: Each card is shipped in a hard backed envelope and in its own plastic sleeve. Cards will be doubled up if more than one is purchased.
ALL photographs that we sell are ORIGINALS . We have scanned directly from the original photograph and the image may sometimes be less vibrant than the postcard itself.
As a collector I hope you enjoy this purchase as much as I enjoy those that I collect!