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Name: EMPIRE SUSAN
Launched: 19/07/1944
Completed: 09/10/1944
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay
Yard Number: 71
Dimensions: 592grt, 66nrt, 137.1 x 33.1 x 15.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 30ins), 191nhp
Engines by: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169185
History:
09/10/1944 Ministry of War Transport (William Watkins Ltd, managers); registered at Newcastle
1946 William Watkins Ltd, London; registered at London
1947 Renamed RUMANIA
1950 Ship Towage (London) Ltd, London
10/02/1956 Wrecked
Comments: Member of the Modified Englishman/Larch Class of Empire tugs
Engine was sub-contracted from John Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
1946: Purchased for £35,000
10/02/1956: Stranded on North Long Sandbank in the Thames Estuary
Above details are courtesy of WJ Harvey


Above photo as RUMANIA is courtesy of Alan Hughes

Above photo as RUMANIA is courtesy of Alfred Turner

Above photo as RUMANIA is copyright of Buster J Browne

Above photo as RUMANIA is courtesy of Barney Hunt

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

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

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Saturday, 11/02/1956