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Hearts of Oak

 

 

Last days of  HMS Duke of York

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The Tugs

 

ENVOY W 165 / A 165

Royal Navy Rescue Tug Envoy class

Call Sign  MFWF

868 grt

174ft 5ins x 36ft x 17ft

2 cylindrical Boilers

398 tons Oil Fuel

Complement  33

2 x diesel : Lister Blackstone type ERS8MGR; 10.5kn

Triple expansion  1,700 ihp; 13 knots

2 screw; 2 rudders

1944: Built Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd., Selby, UK

1944  Launched: 11^th February 

Yard Nr 1281 

1944  May  Delivered to UK Admiralty  - W 165

1946  Pennant A 165

1965  Laid up Cardiff   

1965  Sold; renamed MATSAS; Loucas Matsas & Sons, Piraeus, Greece

         ON 2602, Call Sign SZOT          

1968: renamed GEORGIOS L. MATSAS     

1973  July Broken up; Perama

 

HMT Envoy

 

JAUNTY  W 130 / A 140

ON 181622

Royal Navy Rescue Tug Assurance class

Call Sign MJKD

854 grt; 588 brt

180ft 6ins x 36ft 11ins x 17ft 6ins       

Triple expansion. 1,350 ihp; 12 knots

1 cylindrical Boiler

262 tons Oil Fuel     

2 screw; 1 rudder

Complement  31

1941: Built Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd., Selby, UK

Launched: 11^th June. 

1941 November Delivered to UK Admiralty, Based Chatham; Reg London

1958  In reserve Pembroke Dock                               

1963  At Portland, Target towing        

1964  Based Chatham  

1965  15^th November  Sold for scrapping; Joseph de Smedt, Antwerp, Belgium

1966  Reported Sold 21^st December; unknown buyer; unknown fate.

 

HMT Jaunty

 

SAUCY  W 131 / A 386

ON 182196

Royal Navy Rescue Tug Assurance class

Call Sign MFZY

854 grt; 588 brt

180ft 6ins x 36ft 11ins x 17ft 6ins       

Yard Nr 1257 

Triple expansion. 1,350 ihp; 12 knots

1 cylindrical Boiler

262 tons Oil Fuel     

2 screw; 1 rudder

Complement  31

1942: Built Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd., Selby, UK

1942  Launched  26^th October.

1943  March  Delivered to UK Admiralty ( Pennant W 131 ); Based Portsmouth

1944  6^th June  Served in Normandy landings; Based Portland                    

1946 Pennant A 386; Reg Harwich

1960  In reserve; Pembroke Dock                              

1965  Sold renamed NISOS CHIOS;

          Tsavliris (Salvage and Towage) Ltd; Piraeus, Greece

          ON 1757; Call Sign SZNU                     

1973: Broken up

 

HMT Saucy

 

[ Sources include Jane's Fighting Ships 1955-1956 ]

Thanks to Brian Cave

 

 

Raymond Forward