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]

References

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