Left to right:

Tom McKay, Bob Walton, Pete Everard

This picture was taken on the one of the tugs used for gunnery shoots.

Rescue Tug of the Assurance class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Rescue Tug
Class	Assurance
Pennant	W 141
Built by	Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. (Selby, U.K.)
Ordered
Laid down	25 Nov 1942
Launched	24 Mar 1943
Commissioned	28 Jun 1943
End service
History	HMRT Antic (former name Ant, renamed Antic in 1942 before being launched). Manned by a civilian crew from the Netherlands from June 1943 until 1945. Became a Royal Navy Fleet Tug in 1946. Scrapped in November 1969.

Ship/Place/Originator: Antic
Date / Date Range:
Submitted By: collection a
Now Held By: RNPA Historian
Date Added:
Historians Number: Hist 167
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