Name: | SAXON PRINCE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/03/1881 |
Completed: | 04/1881 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 51 |
Dimensions: | 866grt, 527nrt, 215 x 30.7 x 13.8ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 50 x 36ins), 99nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 79247 |
History: | |
12/04/1881 | James Knott, North Shields |
1895 | Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), North Shields |
1895 | Chr Salvesen & Co, Leith |
1896 | Renamed GLITRA |
20/10/1914 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/10/1914: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U17, 14 miles WSW of Skudesnaes |
On a voyage from Grangemouth to West Norway with a cargo of coal, coke & oil |