SS Saturn (1904)
SS Saturn was a small freighter built before the First World War. Completed in 1906, she was intended for the West African trade. The ship was captured and scuttled by the German submarine SM U-57 in October 1916. Description 
Saturn had an overall length of , with a beam of  and a draught of . The ship was assessed at  and . She had a vertical triple-expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine was rated 140 nominal horsepower that gave her a maximum speed of . Construction and career 
Saturn was laid down as yard number 377 by Anderson Rodger and Company at its shipyard in Port Glasgow, Scotland, for the Palatine Shipping Co. as Thirlmere. Named after Thirlmere, the ship was launched on 4 February 1904 and completed on the 26th. She was transferred to the Watson Steamship Co. on 30 October 1906 before Palatine was wound down in early 1907. Thirlmere was sold to Det Bergenske Dampskibsselkab of Bergen, Norway, and renamed Saturn on 6 February 1912. She was enroute to Narvik, Norway, from Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton when she was shelled, captured and scuttled by U-57 about  north of the Shetland Islands at coordinates  on 31 October 1916. References

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Ships built on the River Clyde
Steamships of the United Kingdom
Maritime incidents in 1916
World War I merchant ships of Norway
1904 ships
Steamships of Norway