Allied Warships

HMS Flaunt (W 152)

Rescue Tug of the Favourite class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeRescue Tug
ClassFavourite 
PennantW 152 
Built byLevingston Shipbuilding Co. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 
Launched30 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned21 Dec, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History 

Noteable events involving Flaunt include:

21 Mar, 1945
HMRT Flaunt picks up survivors from the American merchant James Eagan Layne that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-399 12 miles off Plymouth, England in position 50º13'N, 04º05'W.

The James Eagan Layne was towed by the Flaunt and HMT Atlas to Whitesand Bay where it was beached.


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