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Monday 26 January 2015

Maltese steam tug (ex-Empire Rita 1945-1959, Frisky 1959-1970) Creo 1970-1979

IMO 7634795. Launched at the shipyard of Ferguson Brothers Ltd., Port Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday 15 December 1945, completed in May 1946, handed over to the British Admiralty/Ministry of War Transport in 1946, renamed Frisky in 1959, sold to SO Mar, Malta in 1970 and finally sold by Creo Ltd and broken up at Salvatore Palermo Cia, Naples, Italy in March 1979. Horsepower 900 ihp. Gross register tonnage 292-295 tons and as dimensions116’ x 27.6’ x12.7’.