HMS Stronghold (H50)
Navy: | Royal Navy |
Type: | Destroyer |
Class: | Admiralty S |
Pennant: | H 50 |
Built by: | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) |
Ordered: | June, 1917 |
Laid down: | Mar, 1918 |
Launched: | 6 May, 1919 |
Commissioned: | 2 Jul, 1919 |
Complement: | 134 |
Lost: | 2 Mar, 1942 (Lt.Cdr. G.R. Pretor-Pinney, R.N.), fleeing from Tjilatjap to Australia was discovered and sank by heavy cruiser Maya and the destroyers Arashi and Nowaki belonging to a Japanese carrier force operating south of Java, Stronghold sank at 1858 hours at position 12.20'S, 112.00'E. About fifty survivors were picked up by the small Dutch merchant Bintoehan that later transferred them to Maya. |