Rescue Tugs

No specific class

53 ships

Type	Rescue Tug
Displacement
Length
Complement
Armament
Notes on class	These ships were taken over by the Admiralty. Displacement, armament, etc. are listed, if known to us, on each individual page.

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	HMS Al Hathera
	HMS Amsterdam
	HMS Attentif (W 68)
	HMS Barwick (W 174)
	HMS Champion (W 35)
	HMS Coringa	Lost on 23 Jun 1940
	HMS Danube V (W 36)
	HMS Danube VI
	HMS Elan II
	HMS Empire Fairy
	HMS Empire Josephine
	HMS Empire Sam
	HMS Englishman	Lost on 21 Jan 1941
	HMS Goliath (W 121)
	HMS Hans Captive (W 148)
	HMS Hendon
	HMS Hudson (W 02)
	HMS James E. Hughes
	HMS Kenia (W 47)
	HMS Krooman
	HMS Lady Brassey
	HMS Mammouth (W 56)
	HMS Mastodonte
	HMS Muria	Lost on 8 Nov 1940
	HMS Nguvu
	HMS Norman
	HMS Nubia
	HMS Pingouin
	HMS Pintade
	HMS Ramier
	HMS Revue (W 62)
	HMS Richard Lee Barber
	HMS Roode Zee (W 162)	Lost on 24 Apr 1944
	HMS Sabine (W 74)
	HMS Salvage King	Lost on 12 Sep 1940
	HMS Salvonia (W 43)
	HMS Schelde (W 156)
	HMS Seaman (W 44)
	HMS Seine
	HMS Superman
	HMS Thames
	HMS Watermeyer
	HMS Witte Zee
	HMS Zwarte Zee (W 163)
	HMS Abeille IV (W 94)
	HMS Abeille XXI
	HMS Cherbourgeois III (W 99)
	HMS Cherbourgeois IV (W 107)
	HMS Danube III	Lost on 13 Oct 1940
	HMS Fairplay II	Lost on 2 Mar 1940
	HMS Saucy (i)	Lost on 4 Sep 1940
	HMS Sea Giant (W 125)
	HMS Stalwart (W 07)
53 Rescue Tugs of the class. 8 of them were lost.

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