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)
November 1908
4 February 1920
