| Name: | EMPIRE SUSAN |
| Launched: | 19/07/1944 |
| Completed: | 09/10/1944 |
| Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 71 |
| Dimensions: | 592grt, 66nrt, 137.1 x 33.1 x 15.1ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (16, 26 & 43 x 30ins), 191nhp |
| Engines by: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169185 |
| History: | |
| 09/10/1944 | Ministry of War Transport (William Watkins Ltd, managers); registered at Newcastle |
| 1946 | William Watkins Ltd, London; registered at London |
| 1947 | Renamed RUMANIA |
| 1950 | Ship Towage (London) Ltd, London |
| 10/02/1956 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Member of the Modified Englishman/Larch Class of Empire tugs |
| Engine was sub-contracted from John Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | |
| 1946: Purchased for £35,000 | |
| 10/02/1956: Stranded on North Long Sandbank in the Thames Estuary | |
| Above details are courtesy of WJ Harvey |
Above photo as RUMANIA is courtesy of Alan Hughes
Above photo as RUMANIA is courtesy of Alfred Turner
Above photo as RUMANIA is copyright of Buster J Browne
Above photo as RUMANIA is courtesy of Barney Hunt
Above profile plan is copyright of PN Thomas. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above deck plan is copyright of PN Thomas. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Saturday, 11/02/1956