EMPIRE FRED
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date11 September 1942
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 numberABDSHIP001569
Keywords
Yard Number: 683
Fate: Scrapped in April 1974 at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Modified Warrior Class tug.
Owners:
1942: Ministry Of War Transport
General History:
Converted in 1970 to an accommodation ship at Chatham Dockyard.
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)
