| Name: | EMPIRE JANE |
| Launched: | 25/04/1944 |
| Completed: | 31/05/1944 |
| Builder: | A Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
| Yard Number: | 699 |
| Dimensions: | 232grt, 0nrt, 105.2 x 27.1 x 11.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16, 25 & 42 x 27ins), 152nhp |
| Engines By: | A Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 165268 |
| History: | |
| 1944 | Ministry of War Transport (France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, managers), Aberdeen |
| 1945 | Managers became Townsend Brothers Ferries Ltd, London |
| 1946 | Ministry of Transport |
| 1947 | Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Ltd; renamed TAIOMA |
| 1975 | Development Services, Singapore (Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Ltd, managers) |
| 1978 | Robert Arthur Owens, New Zealand (Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Ltd, managers) |
| 1978 | Tauranga District Museum, New Zealand |
| 2000 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the Foremost Class of Empire tugs |
| Sunk as artificial reef at the southern end of Motiti Island |
Above photo as TAIOMA courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as TAIOMA courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as TAIOMA courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as TAIOMA courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as TAIOMA courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as TAIOMA courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo of TAIOMA being prepared for the reef is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo of TAIOMA being towed to the reef site is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo of TAIOMA as a reef is courtesy of TugTalk