HMS Athlete (W 150)

History
United Kingdom
Builder: Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas
Launched: 18 May 1943
Commissioned: 15 November 1943
Struck: 17 September 1945
Fate: Mined and sunk off Leghorn 17 July 1945
General characteristics
Displacement: 852 tons light
Length: 143 ft (44 m)
Beam: 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
Draught: 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
Propulsion:

two GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines

single propeller, 1,500 SHP
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement: 45
Armament: 1 x 3"/50 caliber gun

HMS Athlete (W 150) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.

Service History

Athlete was laid down in early 1943 at Levingston Shipbuilding Company in Orange, Texas as ATR-92, launched 18 May 1943 and commissioned into the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Act on 15 November 1943. Athlete served in the Mediterranean Fleet and was mined and sunk off Leghorn on 17 July 1945.[1]

References

  1. "ATR-92". Navsource. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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