as a Channel Islands ferry under the German flag. Based in Saint-Malo, her main purpose was to convey supplies to and from the Channel Islands. In June 1944, while under the German flag, she was torpedoed by a Royal Navy motor torpedo boat. The front of the vessel was completely torn off, and with the loss of more than a hundred lives S142 was beached near Saint-Malo. Postwar After the end of WWII, her fellow tender Titan was discovered unscathed, and in August 1945 was brought to the refloated wreck to tow her back to Havre. After being repaired, S-142 was renamed Minotaure once again, and returned to service in February 1948. Titan was sold for demolition in October 1957, and several newer tugs were constructed during the 1950s for the French Line; thus the aging Minotaure was retired and sold for scrapping on 7 January 1958. The vessel was scrapped in Belgium in March of the same year. References 1918 ships Ships built in Glasgow Steamships of the United Kingdom Tugboats of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique