Rescue Tugs
The Favourite class rescue tug HMS Destiny (W 115) of the Royal Navy.
All Rescue Tug classes
The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).
| Commissioned | ||
|---|---|---|
Royal Navy | ||
| Saint (16) | 1918 - 1940 | |
| Rollicker (5) | 1918 - 1919 | |
| Brigand (4) | 1938 - 1941 | |
| no class name (53) | 1939 - 1945 | |
| Assurance (21) | 1940 - 1944 | |
| Favourite (23) | 1942 - 1944 | |
| Bustler (8) | 1942 - 1945 | |
| Nimble (2) | 1942 - 1945 | |
| Envoy (6) | 1944 - 1945 | |
| Director (2) | 1944 - 1944 | |
10 ship classes.
Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class.
Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.
War losses: Rescue Tugs
| Date | Vessel | Class | ||
1940 | ||||
 | 2 Mar 1940 | HMS Fairplay II | ||
| 1 Jun 1940 | HMS St. Abbs (W 02) | Saint | |
| 1 Jun 1940 | HMS St. Fagan (W 74) | Saint | |
| 23 Jun 1940 | HMS Coringa | ||
| 4 Sep 1940 | HMS Saucy (i) | ||
| 12 Sep 1940 | HMS Salvage King | ||
| 13 Oct 1940 | HMS Danube III | ||
| 8 Nov 1940 | HMS Muria | ||
1941 | ||||
| 21 Jan 1941 | HMS Englishman | ||
| 22 Jan 1941 | HMS St. Cyrus (W 47) | Saint | |
| 18 Oct 1941 | HMS Assurance (i) (W 59) | Assurance | |
| 8 Dec 1941 | HMS St. Dominic | Saint | |
1942 | ||||
| 14 Feb 1942 | HMS St. Breock (W 56) | Saint | |
| 14 Feb 1942 | HMS St. Just (W 90) | Saint | |
| 17 Mar 1942 | HMS Adept (W 107) | Assurance | |
| 21 Sep 1942 | HMS St. Olaves (W 40) | Saint | |
| 7 Oct 1942 | HMS Caroline Moller (W 09) | Saint | |
| 28 Dec 1942 | HMS St. Issey (W 25) | Saint | |
1943 | ||||
| 16 Mar 1943 | HMS Horsa (W 97) | Assurance | |
1944 | ||||
| 14 Jan 1944 | HMS Adherent (W 108) | Assurance | |
| 24 Apr 1944 | HMS Roode Zee (W 162) | ||
| 11 Jun 1944 | HMS Sesame (W 144) | Assurance | |
1945 | ||||
| 9 Feb 1945 | HMS Hesperia (W 106) | Bustler | |
| 17 Jul 1945 | HMS Athlete (W 150) | Favourite | |
24 Rescue Tugs lost. See all Allied Warship losses.
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