“The boats are of the hard chine planing form. The purposes for which they were built (as defined in A..F.O 1443/36 is:

  1. To all ships carrying aircraft
  2. To all flottilla leaders in full commission, and to “E” class and later destroyers
  3. in ‘Aberdeen’ class and later patrol sloops and in convoy sloops”

THE DESTROYER DEPOT SHIP HMS TYNE. SEPTEMBER 1941, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER DEPOT SHIP OF THE HOME FLEET HMS TYNE, HEADQUARTERS FOR THE DESTROYER MEN IN THE HOME FLEET. FROM HMS TYNE THE DESTROYER MEN OF THE DESTROYER FLOTILLAS OF THE FLEET ARE FED, CLOTHED, PAID, MEDICALLY ATTENDED, TRAINED AND ENTERTAINED. THE DEPOT SHIP IS ALSO THE FLAG SHIP FOR THE ADMIRAL OF DESTROYERS, REAR ADMIRAL L H K HAMILTON, RAD, DSO.
THE DESTROYER DEPOT SHIP HMS TYNE. SEPTEMBER 1941, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER DEPOT SHIP OF THE HOME FLEET HMS TYNE, HEADQUARTERS FOR THE DESTROYER MEN IN THE HOME FLEET. FROM HMS TYNE THE DESTROYER MEN OF THE DESTROYER FLOTILLAS OF THE FLEET ARE FED, CLOTHED, PAID, MEDICALLY ATTENDED, TRAINED AND ENTERTAINED. THE DEPOT SHIP IS ALSO THE FLAG SHIP FOR THE ADMIRAL OF DESTROYERS, REAR ADMIRAL L H K HAMILTON, RAD, DSO. © IWM (A 5499)