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Name: ABEILLE NO 11 or ABEILLE XI
Launched: 25/06/1907
Completed: 08/1907
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Yard Number: 249
Dimensions: 260grt, 22nrt, 127.2 x 25.1 x 12.2ft
Engines: 2 x C2cyl (18 & 38 x 24ins), 153nhp, 900ihp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1907 Société Remorquage et de Sauvetage "Les Abeilles", Le Havre; named ABEILLE XI
1912 Marine Nationale (French Navy); renamed MILON
23/12/1934 Broken up
Comments: 1912: Based at Toulon
Thanks to David Asprey for the above details


Above photo as MILON courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo as MILON courtesy of David Asprey