 The tugboatUrsus atLe Havre. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMTCynic |
| Operator | The Admiralty |
| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | Bow, McLachlan and Company, Paisley |
| Yard number | 306 |
| Launched | 28 September 1916 |
| In service | 1917 |
| Out of service | 1922 |
| Fate | Sold to theCompagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| Notes | Laid down asJuan Soverny for Chile and purchased by the Admiralty while under construction |
| History | |
| Name | Ursus |
| Owner | Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| Operator |  Compagnie Générale Transatlantique |
| Port of registry |  France |
| Acquired | 1922 |
| In service | 1922 |
| Out of service | 29 April 1945 |
| Fate | Bombed and sunk 1945, raised and scrapped several years later |
| Notes | Tug at Le Havre |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Tonnage | 472 GRT |
| Length | 141.6 ft (43.2 m) |
| Beam | 29.1 ft (8.9 m) |
| Depth | 14.9 ft (4.5 m) |
| Installed power | 1,200 hp (890 kW) |
| Propulsion | Twin screws |
| Speed | 12knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
SSUrsus was atugboat operated by theCompagnie Générale Transatlantique from 1922 to 1940.[1]
She was built byBow, McLachlan and Company inPaisley for Chile in 1916, and laid down under the nameJuan Soverny, but was purchased by theAdmiralty while still under construction and renamedCynic. The tug waslaunched on 28 September 1916 and entered service a year later as a towing vessel.[2]
Cynic was sold to theCompagnie Générale Transatlantique in 1922 and was converted into a tender for Le Havre service, and renamedUrsus. The tug served with fellow CGT tugTitan, assisting the largest of the company's liners.
On 8 October 1926Ursus was accidentally rammed bySS Paris at the entrance of the harbor in Le Havre, where she sank. The tug was raised in February of the following year and returned to service.
Titan andUrsus were joined by the newly purchasedMinotaure, ex-Romsey in 1929 as Le Havre tenders. The three tugs assisted in the launch of theocean linerNormandie on 29 October 1932, and later participated together in the rescue of thebattleshipJean Bart in mid-June 1940. While under construction atSaint-Nazaire, Germany won theBattle of France and the battleship had to be evacuated to evade advancing German troops.Minotaure,Titan, andUrsus towed her toCasablanca, where she would remain until late 1945.[3]
Ursus was seized by the Germans on 30 July 1940 atBordeaux, and used by theKriegsmarine. On 29 April 1945 the tug was bombed byAllied aircraft and sunk in theBaltic Sea, nearBrunsbuttel. She was declared a war loss in 1947 and in the early 1950s was raised and subsequentlyscrapped.[4]
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