HMS Destiny (W 115)

HMS Destiny (W 115) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Destiny (W115)
Builder: Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down: 10 April 1942
Launched: 1 July 1942
Commissioned: 30 July 1942
Stricken: 8 May 1946
Identification: IMO number: 5127413
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 60 kW 120 V D.C. one Diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V D.C.

single propeller, 1,500shp
Speed: 13 knots
Complement: 5 officers and 40 enlisted
Armament:

1 x 3"/50 caliber gun

2 x single 20mm gun mounts

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]

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References
  1. "Rescue Tug (ATR)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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