HMS Advantage (W 133)
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Builder: | Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas |
| Launched: | 7 September 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 23 April 1943 |
| Fate: | Transferred to merchant service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 852 tons light |
| Length: | 165 ft 6 in (50.44 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Propulsion: |
one Fulton Iron Works vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine two Babcock & Wilcox "D"-type boilers, 200psi, Sat two Turbo drive Ships Service Generators, 60kw 120V D.C. single propeller, 1,600shp |
| Speed: | 12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 5 officers and 47 enlisted |
| Armament: |
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HMS Advantage (W 133) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
Service History
She was built in 1942-43 by the Levingston Shipbuilding Company at Orange, Texas as USS Advantage (ATR-41). Redesignated BATR-41 under the Lend-Lease program, she was transferred to the Royal Navy around 23 April 1943. She served throughout World War II with the Royal Navy and was returned to the US Navy in either late 1945 or early 1946. Advantage reverted to BATR-41 after her name was withdrawn. She was struck on 12 April 1946 and sold to the Chinese Board of Supplies.[1]
The tug was sold to the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company in Shanghai on 24 September 1946. Renamed 109 on 31 July 1948, she was again renamed Ming 309 later. She was finally renamed Kaoshiung in 1949 and scrapped in 1965.[2]
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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