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Name: EMPIRE MARY launched as EMPIRE JEAN
Launched: 17/10/1944
Completed: 03/01/1945
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay
Yard Number: 72
Dimensions: 594grt, 65nrt, 137.1 x 33.1 x 15.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (16.5, 28.5 & 47 x 30ins), 223nhp
Engines by: D Rowan & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169189
History:
30/12/1944 Ministry of War Transport (Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, managers), Newcastle
20/03/1946 Ministry of Transport (Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, managers), Newcastle
1946 Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, London; renamed MARINIA
1950 Union des Remorqueurs de Dakar, Dakar; renamed PONTY
1951 Union des Remorqueurs de L’Ocean,
(Union des Remorqueurs de Dakar, managers), Dakar
1951 Union des Remorqueurs de Dakar, Dakar
1961 Soc Belge Remorquage Oceanique, Ostend; renamed OCEAN BULL
1962 Soc Belge Remorquage Oceanique, SOBELROC SA
1965 Soc Anonima Italiene Lavori e Maritima, Italy; renamed NETTUNO S
1984 Renamed NETTUNO SAILEM
05/1985 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Modified Englishman/Larch Class of Empire tugs
Engine was sub-contracted from John Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
05/1985: Broken up by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiana, Palermo
Unconfirmed renamings to W PONTY in 1950, PONTY UNION in 1954 & PONTY in 1960


Above photo as MARINIA is courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo as PONTY is courtesy of TugTalk

Above photo as OCEAN BULL is courtesy of TugTalk

Above photo as OCEAN BULL is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo as OCEAN BULL is courtesy of TugTalk

Above photo as NETTUNO S is courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo as NETTUNO SAILEM is courtesy of TugTalk

Above photo as NETTUNO SAILEM is courtesy of David Asprey

Above profile plan of sistership EMPIRE SUSAN is copyright of PN Thomas. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above deck plan of sistership EMPIRE SUSAN is copyright of PN Thomas. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return