| Name: | EMPIRE ROACH |
| Type: | Ferry |
| Launched: | 25/08/1942 |
| Completed: | 10/1942 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1756 |
| Dimensions: | 716grt, 268nrt, 179.5 x 40.2 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12, 19 & 31 x 21ins), 132nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
| Reg Number: | 165844 |
| History: | |
| 20/10/1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Townsend Bros Ferries Ltd), Newcastle |
| 1968 | Progressive Trading Agency Ltd, Newcastle & Valletta |
| 1973 | Cantieri Navale Giuseppe Tringali |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Designed with ramps at both ends & fitted with a 25ton derrick |
| 1978: Dismantled & part of hull converted to a barge at Augusta |
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