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S.T. Saxon FD159



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Technical
Official Number 127401
Gross Tonnage 239
Length36.65 m
Breadth6.55 m
Draught3.5 m
57 hp EngineMacColl & Pollock Ltd. Sunderland
Built bySmiths Dock, Middlesborough, 1907
OwnerSaxon Steam Trawlers Ltd
Admiralty number627
Armament1 x 12 pdr : 1 x 7.5 inch Howitzer
History
1919 Registered at Cardiff as CF31 and earlier at Milford Haven.
1919 To Fleetwood registration after service as a minesweeper.
July 21 1930Wrecked on the Hough Skerries to the west of Tiree.
NotesThe crew made it to the Tiree coast where they raised the alarm. The following day she was almost submerged and three days after that the heavy swell had broken her up.