EMPIRE MINOTAUR
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date16 April 1942
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 233 ton
Gross Tonnage: 233 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001566
Keywords
Yard Number: 680
Subsequent Name: LALOR (1949)
Fate: Scuttled off Townsville, Queensland, Australia, March 1969.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug
Owner:
1942: Ministry of War Transport.
1949: Townsville Harbour Board, Townsville, Queensland. Manager Townsend Bros. Ferries Ltd.
General History:
Launched on 16 April 1942 and completed in July 1942.
Last entry in Lloyd's Register of Shipping in 1968-69.
Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 42" cylinders, 27" stroke. Boiler 16'0" diameter, 11'6" length, 200 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
