Photograph of HMS Assistance

History

HMS Holm Sound , during World War II was an Aircraft Component Repair Ship. Previously the PF(C) type cargo ship Empire Labuan, then the auxiliary minelayer Port Quebec (ex-motor vessel of 5936 grt) requisitioned on 25 November 1939, built by Thompson, Sunderland and completed in Jun 1940.

She was converted into an aircraft repair ship while building at Gray shipyard, West Hartlepool. She was launched 5 September 1944 and completed 8 November 1944. Sold out into mercantile service in April 1948.

She saw wartime service as a repair ship 1944-45 with the British Pacific Fleet.

Battle Honours
Pacific

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Ship name	Holm Sound
Class
Type	Aircraft Component Repair Ship
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Tonnage	Displacement: 10698t (dpl)
Engines	1-shaft vertical triple expansion 2,500hp engine with 3 boilers
Speed in Knots	11-15kts (dpl)
Armament	Armament: Twelve 20mm AA [12x1]
Crew Complement	610-650
Range	Endurance: 511t of oil at 10kts
Length (ft/inches)	Dimensions: 447'09" (oa) x 56'00" (bm) x 19'04" (md)
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FURTHER INFORMATION   Auxiliary ships in World War II - by Warship1.com   World Aircraft Carrier Lists and Photo Gallery - from 1913 to 2000. Naval History Information Center, Haze Gray & Underway   Sturtivant, R & Ballance, T  (1994). 'The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1994 ISBN: 0 85130 223 8 The World’s Warships 1941 by Francis E. McMurtrie (1944). Jane's London 1941 1st ed.  Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II by Francis E. McMurtrie (Editor)(1984). 320 pages. Crescent Books; ISBN: 0517679639

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