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Name: SAXON PRINCE
Type: Trawler
Launched: 29/11/1906
Completed: 19/01/1907
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 258
Dimensions: 237grt, 76nrt, 120.3 x 21.9 x 12.1ft; (1914: 237grt, 94nrt)
Engines: T3cyl (12, 28 & 34 x 23ins), 75nhp, 400ihp
Engines by: Shields Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 117970
History:
19/01/1907 Prince Steam Fishing Co Ltd (Richard Irvin, manager), North Shields
28/03/1916 Sank
Comments: 19/01/1907: Allocated fishing registration number SN58 at North Shields
08/1914: Requisitioned and converted to minesweeper (Ad No 262)
28/03/1916: Disappeared in a SW Force 12 storm off Dover with all hands.


Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums