The SY ''Minona'' was a steam yacht built before World War I. At the outbreak of the

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she was requisitioned by the

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and later became the flagship for the Commander of His Majesty's Rescue Tug Service and was moored at their principal base facility at

Campbeltown Campbeltown (; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre Peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port. The 2018 populatio ...

on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland. Work on the Rescue Tugs required experienced seamen and many men from the Merchant Navy were recruited directly into HM Rescue Tug Service (under T124 articles) and were formally assigned to HMS ''Minona'' rather than the Deep Sea Tugs they actually served in.

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