EMPIRE SPITFIRE
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1943
Object NameTUG
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 232 ton
Gross Tonnage: 232 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001576
Keywords
Yard Number: 690
Official Number: 165262
Renamed: WARDEN (1947); PROMPT (1951); TORQUE (1975)
Fate: Scrapped in Millom, Cumbria, 1986.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug
Owners:
1943: Ministry of War Transport
1947: To the Admiralty.
1975: Thames Services Ltd, London and renamed TORQUE.
1979: Shoreham Salvage & Marine Ltd, Shoreham, West Sussex.
1982: Maryport Maritime Museum, Maryport, Cumbria.
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)
4 February 1920
November 1908
