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Name: CARDIFF CASTLE
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 16/05/1907
Completed: 07/1907
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 351
Dimensions: 255grt, 109nrt, 120.5 x 22.1 x 11.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 34 x 24ins), 57nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124715
History:
07/1907 Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd (C Heron), Swansea
by 1927 Pescaderias Corufiesas SA, San Sebastian; renamed FINA
1930 J Arcelus, San Sebastian
1942 Jose Chas Rodriguez, San Sebastian
by 1959 Dionisio Tejero Peréz, Corunna
No later history known
Comments: 1907: Assigned fishing registration number SA66 at Swansea
11/1914: Hired by the Admiralty
1919: Returned to owners
Not found in LR 1964