HMS St Sampson (W26)
HMS St Sampson was a Saint-class tug launched in 1919.
The tug to the left of USS Chaumont is either St Sampson or her sister ship St Dominic, Shanghai, 1937 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | HMS St Sampson |
Ordered: | 18 April 1918[1] |
Builder: | Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock |
Launched: | 1919 |
Acquired: | January 1920 |
Fate: | Foundered 7 March 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Saint-class tug |
Tonnage: | 451 gross register tons (GRT)[2] |
Displacement: | 820 long tons (830 t)[3] |
Length: | 135 ft (41 m)[1] |
Beam: | 29 ft (8.8 m)[1] |
Draught: | 12 ft (3.7 m)[1] |
Installed power: | 1,250 ihp (930 kW)[1] |
Propulsion: | 1 × Triple expansion steam engine[1] |
Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[3] |
Complement: | 37[3] |
Armament: |
The ship was ordered during World War I and was built by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. St Sampson was a tug boat specializing in rescue operations in hazardous waters. She was delivered to the Hong Kong Naval Yard in January 1920, after the war had ended. As a result, she was not put in commission and was offered on sale in 1921.[2] She was at first sold to Wheelock and Company, but they defaulted on payment, and she was later sold to another company.[1] By 1941, she was made part of the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,[4] and was present during the Battle of Hong Kong.[5]
She survived the battle, and in March 1942 participated in the rescue operations of MV Georgic in the Red Sea.[6] She was damaged in the process and on 7 March, she foundered, and her crew was picked up by the hospital ship Dorsetshire.[7][8]
References
- "32. MISCELLANEOUS PATROL VESSELS". NAVAL-HISTORY.NET. 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- "Tug St. Sampson". Hongkong Telegraph. Hong Kong. 1921-09-23. p. 7.
- Banham, Tony (2003). Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941. UBC Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-7748-1045-6.
- The Navy List Containing List of Ships, Establishments, and Officers of the Fleet. H.M. Government. 1941. p. 1009. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- Benjamin Lai (2014-06-20). Hong Kong 1941–45: First strike in the Pacific War. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-1-78200-269-7.
- "Georgic". Harland and Wolff. Archived from the original on 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- "THE CUNARD WHITE STAR LINERS 'BRITANNIC ' AND 'GEORGIC'". liverpoolships.org. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- "Royal Navy Loss List complete database" (PDF). Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust. 2017-10-29. p. 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-01-25.