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Saracen (1950)
  IMO: 1161523  
Details/Construction
Builder:Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson ShipyardLocation:Wallsend-on-Tyne, EnglandHull #:1397
Keel Layed:Launched:1929/03/26Commissioned:1929/05
Propulsion
As builtType:1 triple expansion steam engineOutput:750 ihp - 10 knots
Manufacturer:
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):78.9 m (259.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:1926
Length (lbp):77.1 m (253.0 ft)Net Tonnage:1147
Beam:13.2 m (43.4 ft)Dead Weight:3000
Depth:5.4 m (17.8 ft)Displacement:
Draft: 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Inland Lines Ltd. - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada1929/051954
N.M. Paterson & Sons - Fort William, Ontario, Canada19541962
FleetFromUntil
N.M. Paterson & Sons Ltd. - Canada19541962
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Saracen1954
Torondoc1962
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Br. 161523 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England 1929/05 1931
Can 161523 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1931 1954
Can 161523 Fort William, Ontario, Canada 1954 1962
Description
Last operated in 1961 - laid up at the end of the season at Kingston, Ontario and there she was retired from service.
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Ship Repair & Supplies Ltd.
Arrival at Yard1962/05/20Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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