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Name: ROYAL SAXON
Launched: 1879
Completed: 04/1879
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 58
Dimensions: 109grt, 21nrt, 99.6 x 19 x 9.9ft
Engines: L1cyl (35 x 51ins), 60nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 79217
History:
07/04/1879 Sharp Bros, North Shields; registered at North Shields
10/1883 William Meff et al, Aberdeen (t/a Royal Saxon Steam Trawling Co, Aberdeen)
1883 Registered at Aberdeen
09/10/1886 Robert Brown, Aberdeen
1901 Broken up
Comments: Built as a tug but also used as a trawler in later life


Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Thursday, 18/10/1883

Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Monday, 20/07/1885

Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Friday, 30/04/1886

Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Wednesday, 06/10/1886

Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Monday, 11/10/1886