| Name: | EMPIRE PIPER |
| Launched: | 28/05/1942 |
| Completed: | 14/08/1942 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 65 |
| Dimensions: | 250grt, 15nrt, 107.8 x 26.2 x 12.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16.5, 27 & 46 x 30ins), 1030ihp, 117nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 165836 |
| History: | |
| 18/08/1942 | Ministry of War Transport, (William Watkins, managers); registered at Newcastle |
| 04/1946 | Ministry of Transport, London |
| 24/07/1946 | Risdon Beasley Ltd, Southampton |
| 1947 | John Cooper; registered at Belfast; renamed PIPER |
| 1954 | John Cooper (Belfast) Ltd, Belfast |
| 1969 | R & JH Rea Ltd, London |
| 1970 | Cory Ship Towage (NI) Ltd, Belfast, (Cory Ship Towage Ltd, managers) |
| 06/1971 | Northern Slipways Ltd, Dublin |
| 1971 | AP Papayanis AE, Piraeus; renamed SOTIRIOS |
| 1984 | Renamed LAVRION |
| 1987 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the Warrior class of Empire tugs |
| 1963: Conversion to motorship at Mitchison's yard, cancelled at the last minute | |
| 06/1971: Sold for breaking up at Dublin, but resold for further service | |
| 1984: Sold for breaking up at Rafina, but resold for further service | |
| 1984: Name variously reported as LALRION, LAURION & LAVRION | |
| 1987: Reported broken up in Greece |
Above photo as PIPER is courtesy of Bill Green
Above photo as PIPER is courtesy of Bill Green
Above photo as PIPER, at Mitchison's yard, is courtesy of Ronald Stanford
Above photo as PIPER is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as PIPER is courtesy of Paul Strathdee
Above photo showing (L-R) PIPER, AUDACIOUS & SOUTHAMPTON, is courtesy of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as PIPER is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as SOTIRIOS is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as LAVRION is courtesy of Bent Mikkelsen
Above photo as LAVRION is courtesy of Bent Mikkelsen
Above photo as LAVRION is courtesy of Bent Mikkelsen
Above photo as LAVRION is courtesy of Bent Mikkelsen