| Name: | EMPIRE MARY launched as EMPIRE JEAN |
| Launched: | 17/10/1944 |
| Completed: | 03/01/1945 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 72 |
| Dimensions: | 594grt, 65nrt, 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: | 169189 |
| History: | |
| 30/12/1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, managers), Newcastle |
| 20/03/1946 | Ministry of Transport (Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, managers), Newcastle |
| 1946 | Overseas Towage & Salvage Co Ltd, London; renamed MARINIA |
| 1950 | Union des Remorqueurs de Dakar, Dakar; renamed PONTY |
| 1951 | Union des Remorqueurs de L’Ocean, |
| (Union des Remorqueurs de Dakar, managers), Dakar | |
| 1951 | Union des Remorqueurs de Dakar, Dakar |
| 1961 | Soc Belge Remorquage Oceanique, Ostend; renamed OCEAN BULL |
| 1962 | Soc Belge Remorquage Oceanique, SOBELROC SA |
| 1965 | Soc Anonima Italiene Lavori e Maritima, Italy; renamed NETTUNO S |
| 1984 | Renamed NETTUNO SAILEM |
| 05/1985 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Modified Englishman/Larch Class of Empire tugs |
| Engine was sub-contracted from John Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | |
| 05/1985: Broken up by Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiana, Palermo | |
| Unconfirmed renamings to W PONTY in 1950, PONTY UNION in 1954 & PONTY in 1960 |
Above photo as MARINIA is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as PONTY is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as OCEAN BULL is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as OCEAN BULL is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo as OCEAN BULL is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as NETTUNO S is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as NETTUNO SAILEM is courtesy of TugTalk
Above photo as NETTUNO SAILEM 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