261 grt.
Operator: Ship Towage (London) Ltd.
Built 1943 by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole. Yard no. 398.
Main engine: 1,000 ihp, oil-fired, triple-expansion, steam reciprocating by McKie & Baxter Ltd, Paisley.
Built as EMPIRE JESTER, a wartime standard-design tug of the "Modified Warrior/Roach" class and handed to United Towing Co Ltd, Hull the appointed managers.
1946-sold to William Watkins Ltd and renamed NAPIA. 1950-to management of Ship Towage (London) Ltd. 1968-to London Tugs Ltd (following amalgamation with W H J Alexander Ltd (Sun Tugs). 1971-Sold to John G Efthiniou, Greece, renamed TOLMIROS. 1973- sold to Loucas Matsas, Greece (name unchanged). 1986-to breakers (M Tzounis & Co) at Perama, Greece.
Photo dare: 21/1/1868