HMS Eminent (W 116)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Eminent (W116)
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down22 May 1942
Launched12 August 1942
Commissioned14 September 1942
Stricken8 May 1946
IdentificationIMO number: 5235870
FateReturned to the United States Navy, 13 June 1946
General characteristics
TypeFavourite-class tugboat
Displacement835 tons full
Length143 ft
Beam33 ft 10 in (extreme)
Draft13 ft 2 in (limiting)
Propulsionone General Motors Diesel-electric model 12-278A

single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear Ship's Service Generators one Diesel-drive 60 kW 120 V D.C. one Diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V D.C.

single propeller, 1,500shp
Speed13 knots
Complement45
Armament1 x 3"/50 caliber gun 2 x single 20mm gun mounts

HMS Eminent (W 116) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.

Service history

Eminent was laid down on 22 May 1942 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, as BAT-10, launched 12 August 1942[1] and commissioned into the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease on 14 September 1942. She served throughout the war with the Royal Navy and was returned to the United States Navy on 13 June 1946 in Subic Bay and struck on 8 May. She was sold to Chinese owners on 24 September 1946, renamed Ming 105 and then renamed Ming 305. She was deleted in 1992 and scrapped in 2005.[2]

References

  1. ^ "US Navy Ocean Tugs AT ATA ATF ATR". www.shipbuildinghistory.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Rescue Tug (ATR)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 8 April 2015.


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