''Mies'' was a tug that was built as ''Empire Connie'' in 1945 by A Hall & Co Ltd,

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for the

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(MoWT). In 1946, she was sold to the

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and renamed ''Mies''. In 1947, she was sold to the Government of the

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, passing to the Indonesian Government in 1951 and then the

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in 1953. In 1978, she was sold and renamed ''Taluk Ambon'', serving until 1983 when she was deleted from shipping registers.

Description

The ship was built as yard number 707 by A Hall and Co, Aberdeen. She was launched on 10 July 1945 and completed in September 1945. Mies was long, with a beam of and had a depth of . The ship had a GRT of 242 and a NRT of 218. Mies was propelled by a

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, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was No. 416, It was built by Hall & Co.

History

''Empire Connie'' was built for the MoWT. She was placed under the management of Townsend Bros (Ferries) Ltd. The

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GKGX and United Kingdom

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180993 were allocated. She served in

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and

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. In 1946, she was sold to the

and renamed ''Mies''. In 1947, or 1949, ''Mies'' was transferred to the

Government. Her port of registry was Havenwezen. In 1951, ''Mies'' was transferred to the Republiek Indonesia Serikat at which time she was converted to operate on oil fuel. Her port of registry was changed to

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. In 1953, ''Mies'' was transferred to the

, serving until 1958 when she was transferred back to the Indonesian Government. In 1978, ''Mies'' was sold to the Port Authority of

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and was renamed ''Taluk Ambon''. She served until 1983, being deleted from

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in that year. It's unknown whetwhr she was scrapped or preserved.

References

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