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Name: EMPIRE ANDREW
Launched: 29/11/1943
Completed: 11/02/1944
Builder: R Dunston Ltd, Thorne
Yard Number: T386
Dimensions: 138grt, 0nrt, 94.1 x 21.3 x 9.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 32 x 22ins), 85mn, 500ihp
Engines By: Worsley Mesnes Ironworks Ltd, Wigan
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169095
History:
02/1944 Ministry of War Transport; registered at Goole
1944 Managed by France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd
1945 Managed by Elliot Steam Tug Co, London
1948 Zegluga Polska SA, (Gdynia-America Shipping Lines Ltd, managers); renamed DZIK
1948 Registered at Gdynia
1950 Transferred to Zarzad Portu Gdansk & Gdynia, Poland
1953 Transferred to Polish Government
1962 Believed broken up
Comments: A member of the "Modified Maple" class of Empire Tugs