| Name: | EMPIRE JOHN |
| Launched: | 21/04/1943 |
| Completed: | 04/10/1943 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 67 |
| Dimensions: | 479grt, 42nrt, 136.0 x 30.1 x 15.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16.6, 27 & 46 x 30ins), 200nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169171 |
| History: | |
| 28/09/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (W Watkins Ltd, managers); registered at Newcastle |
| 1944 | Managers became Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1945 | Managers became W Watkins Ltd, London |
| 1946 | Ministry of Transport, London |
| 1951 | Dominion Coal Co Ltd, Montreal |
| 1965 | Commonwealth Metals Inc, Canada |
| 26/11/1965 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Englishman Class of Empire tugs |
| 1965: Sold to Commonwealth Metals Inc, Canada, for breaking up | |
| 1965: Re-sold to Cia Espanola de Demolicion Naval, Bilbao | |
| 26/11/1965: Arrived at Bilbao for breaking up |