HMS Tonbridge explained

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Tonbridge, after the Kent town:

• was a launched in 1918 and sold in 1928.
• was a 683-ton civilian ship built in 1924 but requisitioned by the Royal Navy as a netlayer during World War II. It was sunk near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on 22 August 1941 by the German Air Force with the loss of 35 lives.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day . Don Kindell . Naval-History.net . 2008-11-08.
2. Web site: Dover Book of Remembrance - 1939–1945 . Kent War Memorials Transcription Project . 2008-11-08.