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Name: SAGA
Type: Cargo Ship
Keel: 14/03/1868
Launched 06/06/1868
Completed: 07/1868
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 52
Dimensions: 397grt, 270nrt, 516dwt, 150.0 x 24.0 x 16.0ft
Engines: 2cyl (32 & 32 x 24ins), 65nhp; (1874: CI2cyl (19.5 & 37 x 24ins), 55hp)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1874: Bergen Works, Bergen)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1868 Bruin & Co (JM Hauge), Bergen
1909 J Amundsen, Norway
08/12/1916 Sank
Comments: 08/12/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB39
On a voyage from St Malo to Swansea