EMPIRE NED
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: 234 ton
Gross Tonnage: 234 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001568
Keywords
Yard Number: 682
Subsequent Names: EMPIRE EDWARD (1950); ENERGETIC (1956); NISOS LEFKAS (1965); KRONOS (1975).
Fate: Struck by cruise ship ROMANZA on 23 March 1978 while berthed at Piraeus, Greece. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in March 1979 at Perama, Greece.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Modified Warrior Class tug.
Owners:
1942: Ministry of War Transport
1947: To the Admiralty
1965: Tsavliris Salvage & Towage Ltd, Greece and renamed NISOS LEFKOS.
1975: Maritime Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Greece and renamed KRONOS.
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)
