Rescue Tug of the Assurance class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Rescue Tug |
| Class | Assurance |
| Pennant | W 59 |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 18 Dec, 1939 |
| Launched | 23 May, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 28 Sep, 1940 |
| Lost | 18 Oct, 1941 |
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| History | Grounded off Lough Foyle, Northern Ireland on 18 October 1941 and declared a total loss. |
| Noteable events involving Assurance (i) include: 20 May, 1941
At 21.24 hours on 20 May 1941, the British merchant Javanese Prince is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-138 155 nautical miles north-west of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. One crew member was lost. The master, 45 crew members, eight gunners and four passengers were picked up by the British destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt A.F. de Salis, RN), HMS Lincoln (Lt. R.J. Hanson, RN) and the British rescue tug HMRT Assurance (Sub.Lt. E.E. Litts). All survivors were transferred to the British rescue ship Toward and landed at Gourock on 28 May. |
