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Name: PICTON CASTLE
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 19/12/1907
Completed: 03/1908
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 369
Dimensions: 256grt, 111nrt, 125.5 x 22.1 x 12.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 21 & 35 x 29ins), 53nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124725
History:
03/1908 Castle Steam Trawlers Ltd (C Heron), Swansea
29/12/1909 Wrecked
Comments: 29/12/1909: Wrecked 9 miles north of Oporto


Western Daily Press, Friday, 11/02/1910