| Name: | EMPIRE JULIA |
| Launched: | 22/04/1944 |
| Completed: | 07/1944 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 70 |
| Dimensions: | 593grt, 65nrt, 137.1 x 33.1 x 15.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 30ins), 191nhp |
| Engines by: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co, Troon |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169182 |
| History: | |
| 14/07/1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, managers) |
| 14/07/1944 | Registered at Newcastle |
| 1946 | United Towing Co Ltd, Hull; renamed TRADESMAN |
| 1963 | NE Vernicos, Piraeus; renamed VERNICOS KITTY |
| 14/02/1973 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Modified Englishman/Larch Class of Empire tugs |
| Engine was sub-contracted from John Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | |
| 14/02/1973: Arrived at Kartal, Turkey, to be broken up by Metan Agir Celik Izabe Sanayii | |
| Above details are courtesy of WJ Harvey |
Above photo as TRADESMAN is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo as TRADESMAN is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as TRADESMAN is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as TRADESMAN is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as VERNICOS KITTY is courtesy of Alan Hughes
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