Name: | EMPIRE |
Launched: | 14/11/1901 |
Completed: | 01/1902 |
Builder: | Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 530 |
Dimensions: | 115grt, 3nrt, 90.5 x 19.6 x 10.9ft; (by 1930: 141grt, 3nrt) |
Engines: | C2cyl (18 & 38 x 25ins), 98nhp; (by 1918: 60hp) |
Engines By: | Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 114827 |
History: | |
1902 | Empire Towing Co (Mason & Lilley), Gravesend; registered at London |
1904 | Navegación à Vapor Nicolás Mihanovich SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1909 | Argentine Navigation Co (Nicolas Mihánovich) Ld, Buenos Aires |
1932 | Cia Argentina de Navegación Mihanovich, Buenos Aires |
1942 | Cia Argentina de Navegación Dodero SA, Buenos Aires |
1949 | Flota Argentina de Navegación de Ultramar |
1959 | Flota Argentina de Navegación Fluvial |
1962 | Broken up |
Comments: | Thanks to Historia y Arqueología Marítima for the above details |