| Name: | EMPIRE JEAN (launched as EMPIRE ROSA) |
| Launched: | 30/12/1944 |
| Completed: | 04/1945 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 73 |
| Dimensions: | 593grt, 68nrt, 137.1 x 33.1 x 15.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16.5, 28.5 & 47 x 30ins), 223nhp |
| Engines by: | D Rowan & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169193 |
| History: | |
| 09/04/1945 | Ministry of War Transport (W Watkins Ltd, managers); registered at Newcastle |
| 1946 | Metal Industries Ltd; registered at Glasgow; renamed METINDA III |
| 1961 | Spanish Navy; renamed RA 3 |
| 1980 | Renamed AR 33 |
| 1983 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Modified Englishman/Larch Class of Empire tugs |
| Engine was sub-contracted from John Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | |
| 1983: Stricken from the Navy List and believed to have been broken up | |
| Above details are courtesy of WJ Harvey |
Above photo as METINDA III is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as METINDA III is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as RA 3 is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as RA 3 is courtesy of David Asprey
Above profile plan of sistership EMPIRE SUSAN is copyright of PN Thomas. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above deck plan of sistership EMPIRE SUSAN is copyright of PN Thomas. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return