HMS Eminent
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Eminent (W116) |
| Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
| Laid down | 22 May 1942 |
| Launched | 12 August 1942 |
| Commissioned | 14 September 1942 |
| Stricken | 8 May 1946 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5235870 |
| Fate | Returned to the United States Navy, 13 June 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Favourite-class tugboat |
| Displacement | 835 tons full |
| Length | 143 ft |
| Beam | 33 ft 10 in (extreme) |
| Draft | 13 ft 2 in (limiting) |
| Propulsion | one General Motors Diesel-electric model 12-278A
single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear Ship's Service Generators one Diesel-drive 60 kW 120 V D.C. one Diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V D.C. single propeller, 1,500shp |
| Speed | 13 knots |
| Complement | 45 |
| Armament | 1 x 3"/50 caliber gun 2 x single 20mm gun mounts |
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HMS Eminent (W 116) was a Favourite-class tugboat of the Royal Navy during World War II.