Name: EMPIRE SUSAN
Launched: 19/07/1944
Completed: 09/10/1944
Builder: Clelands (Successors), Willington Quay
Yard Number: 71
Dimensions: 592grt, 137.1 x 33.1 x 15.1ft
Engines: T.3-cyl
Engines By: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Propulsion: 1 Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169185
History:
1944 Ministry of War Transport; William Watkins Ltd, London as Managers
1946 William Watkins Ltd, London; cost £35,000
1947 Renamed RUMANIA
1950 Ship Towage (London)
1956 Wrecked on North Long Sandbank, Thames
Comments: Modified Englishman/Larch Class; Photos as RUMANIA

     Above photograph courtesy of Barney Hunt

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