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Name: DALE CASTLE
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 04/08/1909
Completed: 09/1909
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 410
Dimensions: 246grt, 95nrt, 125.3 x 22.0 x 12.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 81nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 128905
History:
09/1909 Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd (C Heron), Swansea
01/04/1919 Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Swansea
09/1927 Re-styled Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Swansea
10/06/1942 Heward Trawlers Ltd, London
1947 Broken up
Comments: 1909: Allocated fishing registration number SA99 at Swansea
17/02/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 3pdr gun
1919: Returned to owners
29/05/1940: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as an anti submarine trawler
1942: Allocated fishing registration number LO92 at London
1946: Returned to owners