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Name: JAMES BURGESS
Type: Naval Trawler
Launched: 31/08/1017
Completed: 10/1917
Builder: Charles Rennoldson & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 188
Dimensions: 275grt, 113nrt, 125.5 x 23.4 x 12.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 26ins), 61nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 144531
History:
10/1917 The Admiralty, London
03/05/1920 Registered at London
1920 Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co (Grimsby) Ltd
1920 Renamed BEAUMARIS CASTLE; registered at Swansea
1927 Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Swansea
10/1956 Broken up
Comments: 1920: Allocated fishing registration number SA51 at Swansea
09/10/1956: Arrived at Briton Ferry for breaking by TW Ward Ltd


Above photo as BEAUMARIS CASTLE is courtesy of the Roy Cressey collection