| Name: | EMPIRE PIPER |
| Launched: | 28/05/1942 |
| Completed: | 14/08/1942 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 65 |
| Dimensions: | 250grt, 15nrt, 107.8 x 26.2 x 12.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16.5, 27 & 46 x 30ins), 1030ihp, 117nhp |
| Engines By: | Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 165836 |
| History: | |
| 08/1942 | Ministry of War Transport, (William Watkins, managers); registered at Newcastle |
| 04/1946 | Ministry of Transport |
| 24/07/1946 | Risdon Beasley Ltd, Southampton |
| 1947 | J Cooper; registered at Belfast; renamed PIPER |
| 1954 | J Cooper (Belfast) Ltd |
| 1969 | R & JH Rea Ltd, London |
| 1970 | Cory Ship Towage (NI) Ltd (Cory Ship Towage Ltd, managers) |
| 06/1971 | Northern Slipways Ltd, Dublin |
| 1971 | AP Papayanis AE, Greece; renamed SOTIRIOS |
| 1984 | Renamed LAVRION |
| 1987 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Warrior class of Empire tugs |
| 26/11/1945: Released from naval duties | |
| 24/07/1946: A joint operation between the Admiralty & Risdon Beasley | |
| 12/12/1946: Released from joint operation | |
| 1963: Conversion to motorship at Mitchison's yard, cancelled at the last minute | |
| 1984: Name variously reported as LALRION, LAURION & LAVRION |
Above photo as PIPER courtesy of Bill Green
Above photo as PIPER courtesy of Bill Green
Above photo of PIPER at Mitchison's yard courtesy of Ronald Stanford
Above photo as PIPER courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as PIPER courtesy of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as PIPER courtesy of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as PIPER courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as SOTIRIOS courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as LAVRION courtesy of Bent Mikkelsen
Above photo as LAVRION courtesy of Bent Mikkelsen
Above photo as LAVRION courtesy of Bent Mikkelsen
Above photo as LAVRION courtesy of Bent Mikkelsen