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12 unusual facts about Sir Raylton Dixon


HMS M19

She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at Govan in March 1915, launched on 4 May 1915, and completed in June 1915.

HMS M20

She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at Govan in March 1915, launched on 11 May 1915, and completed in July 1915.

HMS M21

She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at Govan in March 1915, launched on 27 May 1915, and completed in July 1915.

HMS M22

She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at Govan in March 1915, launched on 10 June 1915, and completed in August 1915.

HMS M23

She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at Govan in March 1915, launched on 17 June 1915, and completed in July 1915.

HMS M24

She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at Govan in March 1915, launched on 9 August 1915, and completed in October 1915.

HMS M25

She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard in March 1915, launched on 24 July 1915, and completed in September 1915.

HMS M26

She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard at Govan in March 1915, launched on 24 August 1915, and completed in October 1915.

HMS M27

She was laid down at the Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd shipyard in March 1915, launched on 8 September 1915, and completed in November 1915.

Sir Raylton Dixon

Dixon was a close friend of George Young Blair (1826–1894), whose firm, Blair & Co., built marine triple expansion engines and were fitted in Raylton Dixon ships.

They produced eight children: Mary Alice Elizabeth Raylton, Florence Lilian, Bessie May Raylton, Ada Beatrice Averil Raylton, Clive Macdonnell Raylton, Mabel Cochrane, Harald Raylton and Amy Gertrude Inga Raylton.

SS Irma

SS Irma (1905) was a 1,322 ton passenger/cargo ship launched on 5 January 1905, by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd. in Middlesbrough, England.