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Name: ALBION
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 02/11/1907
Completed: 12/1907
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 363
Dimensions: 240grt, 68nrt, 120.3 x 21.6 x 11.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 68nhp
Engines by: WVV Lidgerwood, Coatbridge, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127410
History:
14/12/1907 Pater Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford
13/01/1916 Sank
Comments: 1907: Allocated fishing registration number M219 at Milford
08/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
09/04/1915: Tempoarily renamed ALBION II
13/01/1916: Sunk by mine off The Needles, IOW
Mine laid by U-Boat UC5