by Ian Dear
Fire fighting appliances are divided into the following categories:
(a) Capacity, 150 tons of water per hour at 160 lb per square in. Pyrene multiple injectors.
(b) 107 tons of water per hour at 100 lb per square in.
(c) 75 tons of water per hour at 100 lb per square in.
(d) 16 tons of water per hour.
(e) One incline inductor unit for foam equipment on wash deck service.
(f) 130 tons of water per hour at 70 lb per square in. No foam equipment.
(g) 190 tons at 120 lb per square in (no pyrene multiple injectors).
(h) No separate fire pump.
When tugs are required to work in pairs they should be of approximately the same power.
The sea-going capabilities can be classified as follows:
[A] Can proceed in any weather.
[B] Can proceed in any but the heaviest Atlantic weather.
[C] Not available for heavy Atlantic or very heavy North Sea weather.
RESCUE TUGS
(Commissioned or to be Commissioned.)
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Index
hmcs = His Majesty’s Canadian Ship
hmsas = His Majesty’s South African Ship
hms = His Majesty’s Ship
mt = Motor Tanker
my = Motor Yacht
rfa = Royal Fleet Auxiliary
rn = Royal Navy
rnr = Royal Navy Reserve
rnvr = Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
ss = Steamship
sy = Steam Yacht
usa = United States Army
uscg = United States Coast Guard
usns = United States Naval Ship
uss = United States Ship
Abeille IV here
Addis, Capt. C. rn here
Adept here
Adherent here
Admiral Scheer here
Admiralty here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here–here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here–here, here–here, here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
A
dmiralty, First Lord of the here, here
Admiralty Fleet Order (AFO) here
Admiralty Fleet Order, Confidential (CAFO) here, here, here, here
Admiralty Floating Dock (AFD) here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Admiralty, Honours and Awards Committee here, here
Admiralty, Merchant Shipbuilding & Repairs Dept here, here
Admiralty Merchant Shipping Instruction here
Admiralty, naval construction department here
Admiralty Salvage Department here, here, here, here
Admiralty, Trade Division here, here
Admiralty, Trade Division, Director of here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Admiralty War Diary here
Admiralty War Staff here
Admiralty, Weekly Intelligence Report (WIR) here, here
Aelybryn, ss 137, here
AFD see Admiralty Floating Dock
Afrika Korps here
Agia Varvara, ss here
Aguila, ss here
Aimwell here, here–here, here, here
Air gap, mid-Atlantic here, here
Alan-A-Dale, ss here
Alexander Hamilton, uscg here, here
Alexia, ss here
Allegiance here, here, here
Almaack, uss here
Ammiraglio Cagni here
Amsterdam here
Andreasen, R. here
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Ltd here
ANKLET, operation here
Antic here–here, here, here, here
Antinous, ss here
Anzio landings here, here, here
Aorangi, ss here, here
Arethusa, hms here
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders here
Ark Royal, hms here, here
Armistice, 11 November 1918 here
Ashford, Capt. here
Aspirant here
Assiduous here, here, here
Assurance here
Assurance Class here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Asturias, hms here
Atalanta III here, here, here
Athelcrown, mt here
Athenia, ss here, here, here
Athlete here
Atkinson, Lt C. rnr here
Atlantic, Battle of the here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Attentif here, here, here
Aubretia, hms here, here, here
Auxiliary Patrol here
Ayre, Sir Amos here, here
Badger, hms, see Harwich rescue tug base
Baldwin, J. here
Baltara, ss here, here
Bandit here, here
Baptist, C. here–here
BARBAROSSA, operation here
BARITONE, operation here
Barnes, J. here
Barr, uss here
Bascobel here
Baxter, R. here
B-dienst here, here
Beacon Grange, ss here
Beaconlight, mt here
Beduin, ss here, here
BEETLES here
Benalder, ss here
Bjorkhaug, ss here
Blairspey, ss here–here
Blazer here
Bletchley Park, Code and Cypher School here, here
Board of Trade here, here
Bold here
BOMBARDONS here, here, here, here–here
Bond, Lt-Cdr T. rnr here
Boone, Dr W. here, here
Bramley Moore here, here, here
Brewer, Lt R. usa here
Brice, Lt J. rnr here–here, here, here–here
Brigand here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here–here
Brigand Class here
Brilliant, mt here
British Eastern Fleet here, here, here
British Honduras, hms here
British Loyalty, mt here
British Merit, mt here
British Pacific Fleet here, here, here
Brockman, V. here, here
Brookes, E. here
Brown Ranger, rfa here
Buccaneer here, here, here, here, here
Bull, Capt. T. here, here
Bureaucrat (harbour tug) here
Burgess, Lt C. rnr here
Burmeister, Oberleutenant here
Burning Sea, The (novel) here
Bustler here–here, here, here, here, here, here
Bustler Class here, here–here, here
Butler, Lt S. rnvr here, here, here, here–here
Caldwell, A. here
CAM ships here
Camden Shipbuilding yard, Camden, New Jersey here
Campbell, uscg here, here, here
Campbeltown base here, here–here, here, here, here
Capable here
Cape Mohican, uss here
Captain-in-Charge Rescue Tugs (CCRT) here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Captain-in-Charge Rescue Tugs, deputy here
Captive here
Careful here
Carinthia, hms here–here
Caroline Moller here
Carson, Capt. The Hon. W. rn here
Casablanca Conference here
Case, C. here
CCRT see Captain-in-Charge Rescue Tugs
Champion here, here, here, here
Charon here, here
Cheerly here
Cheshire, hms here
Christian, Capt. F here
Chudleigh, Lt R. rnr here
Churchill, W. here, here, here, here, here
C-in-C Allied Naval Expeditionary Force here
C-in-C America & West Indies here
C-in-C Devonport here, here, here, here, here
C-in-C Mediterranean here, here, here, here, here
C-in-C Plymouth here
C-in-C Portsmouth here
C-in-C South Atlantic here, here
C-in-C The Nore here
C-in-C Western Approaches here, here, here, here, here–here, here, here, here, here
City of Cardiff, ss here
City of Roubaix, ss here
Clark, Capt. A. usn here
Clelands shipbuilding yard, Willington Quay here
Clintonia, ss here
Close, J. here, here, here
Cochrane’s, shipbuilders, Selby here, here, here, here, here
Colmans, Lt L. rnr here, here, here
Combined Operations here
Commander-in-charge, Rescue Tug Base here, here
Conan Doyle, A. here
Condesa, ss here, here, here
Contocook (see Sea Giant)
Controlled Sailings here
Conundrums here
Convoy discipline here
Convoys:
BC-2 here
BT-6 here, here
ET-12 here
ETC-17 here
HX-19 here
HX-77 here
HX-112 here
HX-127 here
HX-170 here
HX-252 here
KMF-5 here
KMF-26 here
KMS-31 here, here
MKF-1Y here
MKS-10 here
MKS-15 here
MKS-18 here
OB-188 here
OB-191 here
OB-205 here
OB-318 here
OG-71 here
ON-113 here
ON-21 here
ON-52 here, here
ON-56 here
ON-77 here
ON-115 here
ON-153 here
ON-166 here, here
ON-202 here, here
ONS-18 here
ONS-224 here
OS-34 here
OS-52/KMS-21 here
TBC-135 here
RA-53 here
SC-7 here, here, here
SC-109 here
SC-121 here
SL-119 here
SL-131/MKS-15 here
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TE-16 here
XK-3 here
XK-6 here
XK-11 here
XK-12 here
XK-12S here
XK-17 here
XK-18 here
Corke, Lt G. rnr here, here
CORNCOBS here, here–here
Cossack, hms here
COTUG here, here, here
Coulmore, ss here–here
Courbet (French battleship) here
Coyne, Sub–Lt P. rnvr here–here
Craig, Lt A. rnr here, here, here, here
Crawford, Sub-Lt I. rnvr here, here
Cree, ss here
Cuckmere, hms here
Cunningham, Admiral J. here
Cunningham, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew here
Cynic here, here
Cyrus, hms here, here
Dainty here
Dalegarth Force, ss here
Dandy here
Danube V here
D-Day here, here, here, here, here–here, here
Deep Sea Rescue Tugs Association here, here
Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan here
Derwent, hms here–here
Derwentdale, rfa here
Destiny here, here, here, here, here
Dexterous here, here, here, here, here
Diala, mt here–here
Dieppe Raid here
Director here, here, here
Dodds, M. here
Dodecanese campaign here
Dohn, L. here, here
Dönitz, Admiral K. here, here, here, here, here
Dover Harbour Board here
Dressler, Marie here
Dunkirk evacuation here
Durham, ss here
Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. here
Eagle, hms here, here
Eastgate, ss here
E-Boat Alley here, here, here, here
E-Boats here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Edenshaw, uss here
Edinburgh Castle, hms here
Edward F. Johnson, mt here
Edward P. Alexander, ss here
Eisenhower, Gen. D. here
Eminent here, here–here, here, here, here
Emphatic here, here
Empire Aid here, here
Empire Ann here, here
Empire Bascobel here
Empire Brutus here–here
Empire Class here, here
Empire Denis here
Empire Fred here, here, here
Empire Harry here, here
Empire Larch here, here, here, here, here, here–here
Empire Lough, ss here, here
Empire Mordred, ss here
Empire Oak here
Empire Roseberry, ss here
Empire Salvage, rfa here
Empire Samson here–here, here
Empire Sandy here, here
Empire Spey, ss here
Empire Treasure, ss here
Empire Wold here, here
Empress of India, ss here