HMS Destiny (W 115)

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	45
Armament	1 x 3"/50 caliber gun 2 x single 20mm gun mounts

HMS Destiny (W 115) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.

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.