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The Favourite-class (also referred as the BAT-1 class), were a class of rescue tugs of the Royal Navy during World War II. They were provided to an admiralty design under Lend Lease by the United States.

Ships

 * HMS Advantage (W 133) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942.
 * HMS Aimwell (W 113) built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942.
 * HMS Aspirant (W 134) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942.
 * HMS Athlete (W 150) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1943, hit mine and sunk off Leghorn, Italy on 17 July 1945.
 * HMS Bold (W 114) built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942.
 * HMS Cheerly (W 153) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1943.
 * HMS Destiny (W 115) built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942.
 * HMS Eminent (W 116) built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942.
 * HMS Emphatic (W 154) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1943.
 * HMS Favourite (W 119) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942.
 * HMS Flare (W 151) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1943.
 * HMS Flaunt (W 152) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1943.
 * HMS Integrity (W 14) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942. Returned to the US Navy on 19 February 1946.
 * HMS Lariat (W 17) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942. Returned to the US Navy in February 1946.
 * HMS Masterful (W 20) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1942. Returned to the US Navy in March 1946.
 * HMS Mindful (W 135) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1943.
 * HMS Oriana (W 117) built by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, launched in 1942.
 * HMS Patroclus (W 118), built by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, allocated instead to US Navy and named USS Maricopa.
 * HMS Reserve (W 149), built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, transfered in 1943 to Commonwealth Marine Salvage Board, Australia, later commissioned into Royal Australian Navy and named HMAS Reserve.
 * HMS Sprightly (W 103) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, transfered in 1943 to Commonwealth Marine Salvage Board, Australia, later commissioned into Royal Australian Navy and named HMAS Sprightly.
 * HMS Tancred (W 104) built by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, transfered in 1943 to Commonwealth Marine Salvage Board, Australia, and named Tancred.
 * HMS Vagrant (W 136) built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company, launched in 1943.
 * HMS Weazel (W 120) built by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, launched in 1943.

Ships
Freda. Vigorous Vigourous (Freda, KD, Emily S)

SS COBAKI (1918) was a 257 gross ton wooden steamship with two masts, built by David Drake Limited, Balmain in 1918 for Langley Bros. Her engines were originally installed on SS Cooloon, which was wrecked in 1917. Taken over by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company in 1926, she was sold in 1926 to Illawarra & South Coast Steam Navigation Company. She was stricken from the register in 1937. Requisitioned by the Australian Army she was used as a tarining vessel AB431. Australian Army intended to burn her to the waterline howver she was vandalised and sunk in April 1946 at Salt Pan Creek, Middle Harbour. Lbd: 127'4" x 28'3" x 8'5". 37hp