| Name: | EMPIRE MUSTANG |
| Launched: | 02/06/1943 |
| Completed: | 28/08/1943 |
| Builder: | JS Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd, Gainsborough |
| Yard Number: | 1543 |
| Dimensions: | 242grt, 0nrt, 106.7 x 26.7 x 11.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 30ins), 177nhp |
| Engines By: | CD Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169308 |
| History: | |
| 08/1943 | Ministry of War Transport; registered at Hull |
| 08/1943 | Managed by Readhead & Dry's Tugs Ltd, Newcastle |
| 05/1944 | Managed by France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1946 | Owner restyled Ministry of Transport |
| 1947 | Tees Towing Co Ltd (Robinson & Crosthwaite, managers), Middlesbrough |
| 1947 | Registered at Middlesbrough; renamed DUNDAS CROSS |
| 1949 | Managers became William Crosthwaite & Son |
| 20/01/1958 | Newport Screw Towing Co Ltd; registered at Newport; renamed DUNEAGLE |
| 1965 | Tsavliris (Salvage & Towage) Co Ltd, Greece; renamed NISOS SYROS |
| c1975 | Maritime Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Greece |
| c1976 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Birch Class of wartime built Empire tugs |
| 1947: Cost £16,250 | |
| 1976: Reported broken up |
Above photo as DUNDAS CROSS courtesy of Ronald Stanford
Above photo as DUNDAS CROSS courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above as DUNDAS CROSS, owned by Newport Screw Towing & renamed a few weeks later. Photo copyright of Danny Lynch
Above photo as DUNEAGLE copyright of Danny Lynch
Above photo as DUNEAGLE copyright of Danny Lynch
Above photo as NISOS SYROS courtesy of Ronald Stanford
Above photo as NISOS SYROS courtesy of Kevin Blair