EMPIRE JONATHAN
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1944
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 numberABDSHIP001583
Keywords
Yard Number: 697
Subsequent Name: FIDGET (1947)
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug
Owner:
1944: Ministry of War Transport. Manager, United Towing Co. Ltd; 1946 - Townsend Bros. Ferries Ltd.
1947: To the Admiralty.
1971: the Singaporean Government.
1975: World Dredging Ltd, Panama.
1983: Strel Ltd, Panama.
General History:
12/04/1955: Collided with the steamer Shillong at Port Swettenham.
Fitted with a diesel engine in 1973 by Straits Engineers Ltd, Singapore.
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)
