Desire
| Name | Desire |
| Type | Navy tug
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| GRT | 135 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1912
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| Builder | Gebroedders van der Windt, Vlaardingen
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| Operator | Royal Navy
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| History | Built as President Desire Maas for Societe Anonyme de Remorquage a Helue, Antwerpen. Under British government charter or requisition from 1915 with the name of Desire.
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U-boat attacks on Navy tug Desire
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 24 Jan 1918 | UB 34 (Hellmuth von Ruckteschell) | Sunk | Shelled, scuttled and sunk 2.5 miles NE of Filey
| 54.57N, 00.35W
| Chatham - Rosyth
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| 10
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| with lighters X6 and X110 in tow of 160t. One of two lifeboats not recovered with 16 men on board, 10 from Desire, 6 from X 6.
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