HMS St Aubin (W18)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS St Aubin |
| Ordered | 18 April 1918[1] |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Govan |
| Laid down | 1918 |
| Launched | 27 June 1918 |
| Commissioned | February 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 1943 |
| Renamed | Tsze-Hong (1947) |
| Fate | Sunk on 9 November 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Saint-class tug |
| Tonnage | 468 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement | 820 long tons (830 t) |
| Length | 135 ft 5 in (41.28 m)] |
| Beam | 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 37[2] |
| Armament | |
HMS St Aubin was a Saint-class tug launched in 1918.
It was owned by the Admiralty until 12 April 1924, when it was sold to Shanghai Tug and Lighter Limited.[3] On 8 March 1935, she was involved in a collision with SS Kiang Shun and was sunk in the Huangpu River. The sunken ship was not considered a significant threat to navigation, and was only raised more than six months later, on 25 September. On 4 July 1936, she was once again sunk in a collision with the naval cadet ship Ping An and SS Eugenia Chandris, and had to be raised.[4]
In February 1940, the ship was requisitioned as a minesweeper[3] and served under the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, where she was commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Peter Dulley.[5][6] From 1943, the ship was laid up, until 1946 when she was returned to her owner. In November 1946, she was transferred to Yee Kee Tug & Lighter Co., and in 1947 she was renamed Tsze-Hong. In 1948, she was once again transferred to Chinese Maritime Trust Ltd. She was sunk off Taiwan on 9 November 1950.[3][7]