EMPIRE RODERICK
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1946
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 numberABDSHIP001594
Keywords
Yard Number: 708
Subsequent Name: SECURITY (1947)
Fate: Scrapped at Burght, Belgium in April 1966.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Empire class tug
Owners:
1945: Ministry of War Transport
1947: To the Admiralty.
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 413
A/MS 1198
1841
1908
