HMS Cheerly (W 153)

HMS Cheerly (W 153) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.

History
United Kingdom
Builder:	Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas
Launched:	23 July 1943
Commissioned:	18 January 1944
Stricken:	12 April 1946
Fate:	Returned to US Navy, 19 February 1946 and sold for merchant service 1948
General characteristics
Displacement:	852 tons light
Length:	165 ft 6 in (50.44 m)
Beam:	33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
Draught:	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Propulsion:	one Prescott Co. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine two Foster Wheeler "D"-type boilers, 200psi, Sat two Turbo drive Ships Service Generators, 60 kW 120 V D.C. single propeller, 1,600 hp
Speed:	12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph)
Complement:	5 officers, 47 enlisted
Armament:	1 x 3"/50 caliber gun * 2 x single 20mm AA guns

Service history

Cheerly was laid down in early 1943 at the Levingston Shipbuilding Company in Orange, Texas, as ATR-95, launched 23 July 1943 and commissioned into the Royal Navy as Cheerly under Lend-Lease on 18 January 1944. Cheerly served as a rescue tug with convoys in the English Channel and also Gibraltar convoy ON273.[1] She was returned to the United States Navy on 19 February 1946, struck on 12 April 1946 and sold for merchant service in 1948.[2]

References

1. "www.thamestugs.co.uk". www.thamestugs.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
2. "Rescue Tug (ATR)". www.navsource.org. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2015.