Name: | EMPIRE ROACH |
Type: | Ferry |
Launched: | 25/08/1942 |
Completed: | 10/1942 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1756 |
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 |
Reg Number: | 165844 |
History: | |
10/1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Townsend Bros Ferries Ltd), Newcastle |
1968 | Progressive Trading Agency Ltd, Newcastle & Valletta |
1973 | Cantieri Navale Giuseppe Tringali |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Designed with ramps at both ends & fitted with a 25ton derrick |
1978: Dismantled & part of hull converted to a barge at Augusta |
Above photo courtesy of Photoship