| Name: | EMPIRE CHUB |
| Type: | Ferry |
| Launched: | 10/09/1942 |
| Completed: | 10/1942 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1758 |
| Dimensions: | 716grt, 268nrt, 179.5 x 40.2 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12, 19 & 31 x 21ins), 132nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 165847 |
| History: | |
| 27/10/1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Townsend Bros Ferries Ltd, managers), Newcastle |
| 1946 | Ministry of Transport (Townsend Bros Ferries Ltd, managers), Newcastle |
| 1962 | Payardi Shipping & Contracting Co, Panama City; renamed PANTHER |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | As completed she had a ramp at both ends to carry motor transport |
| She could be converted for minelaying | |
| 09/1968: Converted into a barge in Italy |
Above photo as EMPIRE CHUB is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as EMPIRE CHUB is copyright of John Clarkson. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as PANTHER is copyright of Alan Richardson