EMPIRE CONNIE

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

OwnerOwned by Ministry of Transport

Date1945

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 105 3/12' x breadth 27 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 232 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001593

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 707
Subsequent Names: MIES (1947); TALUK AMBON (1978)

Fate: unknown, last entry in Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1982.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Empire class tug

Owner:
1945: Ministry of Transport; Manager: Townsend Bros. Ferries Ltd.
1949: Netherlands Indies Government (Havenwezen).
1951: Republiek Indonesia Serikat and registered in Jakarta.
1953: To Indonesian Navy and Indonesian Government in 1958.
1978: Sold to the Port Authority of Tanjung Priok, Indonesia.

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)
Engine number 416
A/MS 1197
Fitted for oil fuel.