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Name: SAXON
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 19/09/1907
Completed: 10/1907
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 358
Dimensions: 239grt, 93nrt, 120.3 x 21.6 x 11.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 34 x 24ins), 57nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127401
History:
29/10/1907 Neale Brothers, Milford
12/1910 Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff
04/1919 New Docks Steam Trawling Co (Fleetwood) Ltd
17/07/1919 Saxon Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood
21/08/1930 Wrecked
Comments: 1907: Allocated fishing registration number M211 at Milford
1910: Allocated fishing registration number CF31 at Cardiff
09/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper
Armed with 1 x 12pdr gun
1919: Returned to owner
1919: Allocated fishing registration number FD159 at Fleetwood
21/08/1930: Wrecked on Hough Skerries, Tiree