HMS St Sampson (W26)

	The tug to the left of USS Chaumont is either St Sampson or her sister ship St Dominic, Shanghai, 1937
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS St Sampson
Ordered:	18 April 1918[1]
Builder:	Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock
Launched:	1919
Acquired:	January 1920
Fate:	Foundered 7 March 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Saint-class tug
Tonnage:	451 gross register tons (GRT)[2]
Displacement:	820 long tons (830 t)[3]
Length:	135 ft (41 m)[1]
Beam:	29 ft (8.8 m)[1]
Draught:	12 ft (3.7 m)[1]
Installed power:	1,250 ihp (930 kW)[1]
Propulsion:	1 × Triple expansion steam engine[1]
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[3]
Complement:	37[3]
Armament:	1 × 12-pounder gun; 2 × Lewis gun[3];

HMS St Sampson was a Saint-class tug launched in 1919.

The ship was ordered during World War I and was built by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. St Sampson was a tug boat specializing in rescue operations in hazardous waters. She was delivered to the Hong Kong Naval Yard in January 1920, after the war had ended. As a result, she was not put in commission and was offered on sale in 1921.[2] She was at first sold to Wheelock and Company, but they defaulted on payment, and she was later sold to another company.[1] By 1941, she was made part of the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,[4] and was present during the Battle of Hong Kong.[5]

She survived the battle, and in March 1942 participated in the rescue operations of MV Georgic in the Red Sea.[6] She was damaged in the process and on 7 March, she foundered, and her crew was picked up by the hospital ship Dorsetshire.[7][8]

References

"32. MISCELLANEOUS PATROL VESSELS". NAVAL-HISTORY.NET. 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
"Tug St. Sampson". Hongkong Telegraph. Hong Kong. 1921-09-23. p. 7.
Banham, Tony (2003). Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941. UBC Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-7748-1045-6.
The Navy List Containing List of Ships, Establishments, and Officers of the Fleet. H.M. Government. 1941. p. 1009. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
Benjamin Lai (2014-06-20). Hong Kong 1941–45: First strike in the Pacific War. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-78200-269-7.
"Georgic". Harland and Wolff. Archived from the original on 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
"THE CUNARD WHITE STAR LINERS 'BRITANNIC ' AND 'GEORGIC'". liverpoolships.org. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
"Royal Navy Loss List complete database" (PDF). Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust. 2017-10-29. p. 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

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[NH-1] "32. MISCELLANEOUS PATROL VESSELS". NAVAL-HISTORY.NET. 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

[Telegraph1921-2] "Tug St. Sampson". Hongkong Telegraph. Hong Kong. 1921-09-23. p. 7.

[Banham2003-3] Banham, Tony (2003). Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941. UBC Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-7748-1045-6.

[4] The Navy List Containing List of Ships, Establishments, and Officers of the Fleet. H.M. Government. 1941. p. 1009. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

[Lai2014-5] Benjamin Lai (2014-06-20). Hong Kong 1941–45: First strike in the Pacific War. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-78200-269-7.

[6] "Georgic". Harland and Wolff. Archived from the original on 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

[7] "THE CUNARD WHITE STAR LINERS 'BRITANNIC ' AND 'GEORGIC'". liverpoolships.org. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

[8] "Royal Navy Loss List complete database" (PDF). Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust. 2017-10-29. p. 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-01-25.