HMS Destiny (W 115)
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| Name: | HMS Destiny (W115) |
| Builder: | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
| Laid down: | 10 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 1 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 July 1942 |
| Struck: | 8 May 1946 |
| Fate: | Returned to the United States Navy, 13 June 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Favourite class Tugboat |
| Displacement: | 835 tons full |
| Length: | 143 ft |
| Beam: | 33 ft 10 in (extreme) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 2 in (limiting) |
| Propulsion: |
one General Motors Diesel-electric model 12-278A single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear Ship's Service Generators one Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. one Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. single propeller, 1,500shp |
| Speed: | 13 knots |
| Complement: | 5 officers and 40 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x single 20mm gun mounts |
HMS Destiny (W 115) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.
Service History
Destiny was laid down on 10 April 1942 at Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan as BAT-9, launched 1 July 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease on 30 July 1942. She served through World War II and was returned to the United States Navy in Subic Bay on 13 June 1946 and struck on 8 May 1946. On 6 January 1948, she was sold to Moller on 6 January 1948 and renamed Frosty Moller. In 1950, she was renamed Christine Moller and sold in 1951 to a Dutch owner and renamed Oceanus. In 1953, she was again sold and renamed Gee Zee. After a decade, she was resold to Greek owners and renamed Atlas. Renamed Atlas II in 1976, her final disposition is unknown.[1]
References
- ↑ "Rescue Tug (ATR)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
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