| Name: | EMPIRE CHERUB |
| Launched: | 16/03/1942 |
| Completed: | 01/05/1942 |
| Builder: | Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
| Yard Number: | 767 |
| Dimensions: | 262grt, 5nrt, 107.8 x 26.2 x 12.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 30ins); 102nhp |
| Engines By: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 165256 |
| History: | |
| 05/1942 | Ministry of War Transport; registered at Aberdeen |
| 05/1942 | Managed by J Cooper, Belfast |
| 07/1946 | Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle; renamed TYNESIDER |
| 07/1946 | Registered at Newcastle |
| 01/1959 | Chartered to Tyne Tugs Ltd |
| 11/1968 | Transferred to Blyth Tug Co Ltd |
| 03/1970 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Warrior Class of Empire tugs |
| 1946: Cost £20,400 | |
| 1970: Broken up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd, Blyth; cost £4,150 |
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