EMPIRE POLLY

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

Object numberABDSHIP001586

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 700
Official Number: 165269
Subsequent Names: CENTRAL NO. 4 (1947); ROA (1962); APOLLO (1976)

Fate: Scrapped in Greece, 1986.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Empire class tug.

Owner:
1944: Ministry of War Transport; Manager: Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd
1947: British Transport Commission, registered in Grimsby.
1962: Change port of registry to Barrow.
1964: British Transport Docks Board.
1976: Maritime Commercial Enterprises Ltd and of name to APOLLO. (Last entry in Lloyd's Register)

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)
By 1954: Fitted for oil fuel.
Engine number 406
A/MS 786