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
Gross Tonnage: 232 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001586
Keywords
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
