HMS Athlete (W 150)

History
United Kingdom
Builder	Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Orange, Texas
Launched	18 May 1943
Commissioned	15 November 1943
Stricken	17 September 1945
Fate	Mined and sunk off Leghorn 17 July 1945
General characteristics
Displacement	852 tons light
Length	143 ft (44 m)
Beam	33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
Draught	13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
Propulsion	two GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines single propeller, 1,500 SHP
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	45
Armament	1 x 3"/50 caliber gun

HMS Athlete (W 150) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.

Service history

Athlete was laid down in early 1943 at Levingston Shipbuilding Company in Orange, Texas as ATR-92, launched 18 May 1943 and commissioned into the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease Act on 15 November 1943. Athlete served in the Mediterranean Fleet and was mined and sunk off Leghorn on 17 July 1945.