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HMS Eminent (W 116)

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Name
  
HMS Eminent (W116)

Commissioned
  
14 September 1942

Construction started
  
22 May 1942

Length
  
44 m

Laid down
  
22 May 1942

Struck
  
8 May 1946

Launched
  
12 August 1942

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Fate
  
Returned to the United States Navy, 13 June 1946

Type
  
Favourite-class tugboat

Builders
  
Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City

HMS Eminent (W 116) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.

Service History

Eminent was laid down on 22 May 1942 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan as BAT-10, launched 12 August 1942 and commissioned into the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease on 14 September 1942. She served throughout the war with the Royal Navy and was returned to the United States Navy on 13 June 1946 in Subic Bay and struck on 8 May. She was sold to Chinese owners on 24 September 1946, renamed Ming 105 and then renamed Ming 305. She was deleted in 1992 and scrapped in 2005.

References

HMS Eminent (W 116) Wikipedia