| Name: | SAXON BRITON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/08/1883 |
| Completed: | 1883 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 49 |
| Dimensions: | 1337grt, 832nrt, 250.1 x 35.0 x 17.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 57 x 39ins), 99nhp |
| Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 87493 |
| History: | |
| 1883 | Gibbs & Lee, Cardiff |
| 1905 | A & AY Mackay, Grangemouth |
| 1914 | Kerse Steamship Co Ltd (Walker & Bain), Grangemouth |
| 06/02/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 06/02/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U55 when 3 miles NNE of Gurnard Head |
| On a voyage from Portishead to Calais with a cargo of cased petrol |
Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley