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Name: SWANSEA CASTLE
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 11/11/1905
Completed: 01/1906
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 778
Dimensions: 257grt, 97nrt, 125.9 x 22.9 x 12.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 34 x 25ins), 88nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120654
History:
01/1906 Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd (C Heron), Swansea
1912 Unknown owners; renamed BARAO DO RIO BRANCO
by 1918 Unknown owner, France; renamed RUTH
by 1927 Unknown owners; renamed PANTHÈRE
by 1927 L Leporc, Fécamp; renamed MAURICE JACQUELINE
29/09/1943 Burnt
Comments: 02/1943: Used as a minesweeper by the Kriegsmarine
29/09/1943: Destroyed by fire