Allied Warships

HMS Mammouth (W 56)

Rescue Tug

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeRescue Tug
Class[No specific class] 
PennantW 56 
Built by 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched 1918 
Commissioned3 Jul 1940 
End service 
History

Displacement: 954 tons.

Became a barrage balloon vessel in August 1940.
Again used as rescue tug from 1943 onwards.

 

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Notable events involving Mammouth include:


9 Jul 1942
HMS H 43 (Lt. A.R. Profit, DSC, RN) departed Sheerness for Portsmouth. She was escorted by the tug Mammouth. (1)

3 Sep 1942
With her refit completed, HMS H 50 (Lt. G.E. Hunt, DSC, RN), departed Sheerness for Portsmouth. She was escorted by the tug Mammouth. (2)

20 Apr 1943
HMS H 32 (Lt. T.G. Ridgeway, RN) departed Sheerness for Portsmouth. She was escorted by the tug Mammouth. (3)

Sources

  1. ADM 173/17251
  2. ADM 173/17276
  3. ADM 173/17769

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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