| Name: | EMPIRE SANDY |
| Launched: | 22/12/1942 |
| Completed: | 14/07/1943 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 66 |
| Dimensions: | 479grt, 44nrt, 136.0 x 30.1 x 15.3ft; (1982: 338grt) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16.5, 27 & 46 x 30ins), 197nhp; (1982: CAT 3406-E) |
| Engines By: | Walker Brothers (Wigan) Ltd, Wigan; (1982: Caterpiller) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; (1982: Sail) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169167 |
| History: | |
| 1943 | Ministry of War Transport (Overseas Towage & Salvage, Managers); registered at Newcastle |
| 1947 | Risdon Beazley Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1948 | Renamed ASHFORD |
| 1952 | Great Lakes Paper Co Ltd, Port Arthur, Canada; renamed CHRIS M |
| 1970 | Gravel & Lake Services Ltd, Port Arthur, Canada |
| 1975 | Strathearne Terminals (Hamilton) Ltd, Canada |
| 1979 | Joyce E Rogers, Toronto, Canada; renamed EMPIRE SANDY |
| 1982 | Empire Sandy Inc, Thunder Bay, Canada |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | A member of the Englishman Class of wartime Empire Tugs |
| 1982: Converted to 3 masted schooner with an auxiliary diesel engine | |
| 2015: Still in service. See: www.empiresandy.com |
Above photo is copyright of the Ken Turrell Collection
Above photo as CHRIS M courtesy of Wayne State University Libraries
Above photo as CHRIS M courtesy of Wayne State University Libraries
Above image as CHRIS M courtesy of Wayne State University Libraries
Above photo as CHRIS M courtesy of Wayne State University Libraries
Above photo as EMPIRE SANDY copyright of Paul Beesley
Above photo as EMPIRE SANDY copyright of Jacques Gauthier
Above photo as EMPIRE SANDY copyright of Jacques Gauthier