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)
13 November 1815
