Allied Warships

HMS Horsa (W 97)

Rescue Tug of the Assurance class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeRescue Tug
ClassAssurance 
PennantW 97 
Built byCochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Apr 1942 
Launched29 Jul 1942 
Commissioned21 Dec 1942 
Lost16 Mar 1943 
History

HMRT Horsa (former Rescue, renamed Horsa in 1942) was wrecked on the east coast of Iceland near Osfles Rock on 16 March 1943.

 
Former nameRescue

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