Tonbridge was a twin-screw cargo ship that was built in 1924 by D. and W. Henderson and Co. Ltd., Glasgow for the Southern Railway.

[3] Tonbridge was built in 1924 as yard number 633 by D. and W. Henderson and Co. Ltd., Glasgow for the Southern Railway.

The Code Letters KRDL and United Kingdom Official Number 147690 were allocated.

[2] On 22 August 1941, HMS Tonbridge was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by German aircraft.

She was lost 3 cables (0.3 nautical miles (560 m)) off the Scroby Elbow Buoy with the loss of 35 of her crew.