HMS Aspirant (W 134)

HMS Aspirant (W 134) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.

History
United Kingdom
Builder: Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas
Launched: 10 October 1942
Commissioned: 3 May 1943
Stricken: 1 May 1946
Fate: Returned to US Navy, transferred to Belgian Congo Otraco, fate unknown
General characteristics
Displacement: 852 tons light
Length: 165 ft 5 in (50.42 m)
Beam: 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m) (extreme)
Draught: 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) (limiting)
Propulsion: triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines, single screw, 1,600 hp
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 52
Armament:

Service history

Aspirant was laid down in late 1942 at the Levingston Shipbuilding Company in Orange, Texas as BATR-42, launched 10 October 1942[1] and commissioned into the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease on 3 May 1943. She served through the war with the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. Aspirant was returned to the US Navy on 20 March 1946, struck 1 May 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 18 November 1946 for disposal. She was sold in 1947 to the Moran Towing and Transportation Company and resold in 1948 to the Office d’Exploitation des Transports Coloniaux in Belgian Congo, where she was renamed Vivi. Her final disposition is unknown.

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

  1. "HMS Aspirant (W 134)". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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