EMPIRE ROGER
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 numberABDSHIP001584
Keywords
Yard Number: 698
Official Number: 165267
Subsequent Names: FISHERTOWN (1949)
Fate: Scrapped at Barrow in Furness in June 1968.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw tug
Owner:
1944: Ministry of War Transport. Manager Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.
1949: James Fisher & Sons, Ltd., Barrow.
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)
Fitted for oil fuel.
