| Name: | CYGNET |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 27/02/1907 |
| Completed: | 04/1907 |
| Builder: | Smith's Dock Co Ltd |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 340 |
| Dimensions: | 285grt, 139nrt, 133.0 x 22.5 x 11.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 34 x 25ins), 58nhp; |
| (1948: Oil engine, 2SA, 5cyl), 500bhp); | |
| (1961: Oil engine, 2SA, 6cyl), 600bhp) | |
| Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields; |
| (1948: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow); | |
| (1961: Wichmann Mtrf, Rubbestadneset) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 124687 |
| History: | |
| 18/04/1907 | Richard W Mason & John Wright, Fleetwood |
| 16/05/1907 | Cygnet Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood |
| 11/1925 | Trawl A/B Fiskmasen (S Sanne), Uddevalla; renamed STORMFAGELN |
| 11/1936 | Knut Vartdal, Aalesund; renamed RAMOEN |
| 1945 | Rederi A/S Ramoen, Aalsund |
| 03/1964 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1907: Allocated fishing registration FD110 at Fleetwood |
| 08/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper | |
| Armed with 1 x 6pdr gun | |
| 03/1917: Temporarily renamed CYGNET II | |
| 12/03/1919: Returned to owner | |
| 09/1939: Transferred to Norwegian Navy as guardship in Oslofjord | |
| 14/04/1940: Seized by Germans and put into service as FALKE | |
| 1945: Returned to owners | |
| 1952: Used in the early experiments to use ASDIC for detecting shoals of fish |
Above photo as CYGNET is courtesy of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage
Above photo as CYGNET is courtesy of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage