EMPIRE GNOME

Owner Admiralty

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1942

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 233 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001567

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 681
Subsequent Names: JACOBS (1949); LAUT JAMDENA (1962)

Fate: unknown, last mention in Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1991-92.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Modified Warrior Class tug.

Owners:
1942: Ministry of War Transport
10/1946: Offered by the Admiralty for sale in October 1946.
1949: N.V. Nederi, Indonesie Steenholen Handel Maats. Port of Registry Amsterdam.
1970: P.N. Pelajaran Bahtera Adhiguna, Djakarta.

General History:
1961 Entry in Lloyd's says "Reported sailing at LAUTJ AMD ENA under Indonesian flag" but still listed with owners N.V. Nederi, Indonesie Steenholen Handel Maats. 1962 changes the name to LAUT JAMDENA, and of owners to Perusahaan Negara Tundabara (Port of Registry Djakarta, Indonesia). 1964 entry reverts to N.V. Nederland - Indonesie Steen Kolen Handel Maats. Port of Registry Amsterdam. for the next few years the Dutch owner remains but "reported sailing as LAUT JAMDENA under Indonesian flag". Indonesian owners are finally given in 1970.

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)