Commissioned 15 November 1943 Displacement 852 tons light Launched 18 May 1943 Draft 4.01 m | Struck 17 September 1945 Beam 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) Length 44 m | |
Fate Mined and sunk off Leghorn 17 July 1945 | ||
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.
References
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