Technical

Official Number: 341750
IMO: 7044081
Yard Number: 317
Completed: 1971
Gross Tonnage: 532
Net Tonnage: 180
Length: 137′ 1″
Breadth: 32′ 1″
Depth: 12′ 1″
Built: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Wallsend
Engine: Ruston by English Electric Ltd, Newton le Willows (the old Vulcan Foundry) – 1417kW/1900bhp
Built: Clelands Ltd, Wallsend
Speed: 13 knots

History

1971: Built by Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Wallsend for J. Marr & Sons, Fleetwood, as the first of a highly successful class of wet fish stern trawler. Registered at Fleetwood (FD126).
1982: Transferred to Hull (H24).
1985: Sold to Cam Shipping Co, Lowestoft as safety standby vessel CAM SEARCHER.
1995: Still in service.

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M.T. Gavina FD126
Picture courtesy of Peter Hearn

M.T. Gavina FD126
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

M.T. Gavina FD126
Picture courtesy of Barry Colby

M.T. Gavina FD126
Picture courtesy of David Slinger

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Technical

Official number: 185293
Yard Number: 1376
Completed: 1953
Gross Tonnage: 316
Net Tonnage: 109
Length: 127″
Breadth: 26′ 6″
Depth: 12′ 3″
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby
Engine: 154nhp 7 cyl Mirlees Bickerton
Speed: 11 knots

History

Cost to build £84,275. 13.02.
1952: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1376) for J. Marr & Sons Ltd, Fleetwood as LUNEDA.
01.07.1952: Completed.
02.07.1953: Registered at Fleetwood (FD175).
12.1964: Sold to Peter & J Johnstone Ltd, Aberdeen.
30.12.1964: Fleetwood registry closed. 31.12.1964: Registered at Aberdeen (A754).
10.01.1968: Sold to Bon Accord Fish Selling Co Ltd, Aberdeen.
26.08.1970: Sold to P W McLellan, Bo’ness in an en bloc deal with GAVINA (A871).
09.1970: Commenced breaking up at Bo’ness.
29.10.1970: Aberdeen registry closed “Vessel broken up”.

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M. T. Luneda FD175

M. T. Luneda FD175
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Technical

Official Number: 341751
Yard Number: 318
IMO Number: 7106853
Completed: 1971
Gross Tonnage: 532
Net Tonnage: 178
Length: 137.1 ft
Breadth: 32.1 ft
Depth: 12.10 ft
Built: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Wallsend
Engine: 4 stroke 12-cyl 1900bhp/1417kW vee oil engine by English Electric Diesels Ltd, Ruston Engine Div, Newton-le-Willows, CP Propeller

History

27.4.1971: Launched by Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Wallsend (Yd.No.318) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as LUNEDA. Registered at Fleetwood (FD134).
07.1982: All of the company’s remaining Fleetwood based trawlers (8) transferred to fish out of Hull.
1.1985: Sold along with GAVINA (FD126) and IRVANA (FDFD141) to CAM Shipping Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd, Hull & Others) for conversion to offshore platform standby/safety vessel. On completion Fleetwood fishing registration closed and renamed CAM GUARDIAN.
1995: Sold to Comlaw No.373 Ltd, London (Viking Standby Ltd, Montrose, managers). Renamed VIKING GUARDIAN. Registered at Montrose.
1997: Sold to Viking Standby 3 Ltd, London (Viking Standby Ltd, Montrose, managers).
1.9.2005: Sold to Danish shipbreakers for demolition at Esbjerg.

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M.T. Luneda FD134
Picture courtesy of George Bissett

M.T. Luneda FD134
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

M.T. Luneda FD134

M.T. Luneda FD134

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Technical

Official Number: 166649
Yard Number: 364
Completed: 1946
Gross Tonnage: 111.89
Net Tonnage: 36.31
Length: 87.2 ft
Breadth: 22.25
Depth: 8.0 ft
Built: East Anglian Constructors Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: 240bhp 4-cyl 2 stroke oil engine by Crossley Bros Ltd, Openshaw, Manchester.

History

1946: Launched by East Anglian Constructors Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.364) (Admiralty 95ft MFV) for The Admiralty as MFV1579. Order cancelled prior to completion.
16.5.1946: Sold to Aldred Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
9.1946: Completed as a fishing vessel.
24.9.1946: Registered at Grimsby as AYLESBY (GY329).
24.9.1946: Harry Markham Cook, Louth appointed manager.
6.12.1946: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
10.12.1946: Company registered office transferred to Grimsby.
9.6.1948: Mortgage (A) discharged.
12.6.1948: Sold to Huxley Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Grimsby.
15.6.1948: Harry Markham Cook, Louth appointed manager.
19.6.1948: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
19.3.1951: Alteration of tonnage and other particulars following survey at Gt Yarmouth1 3.1951 – 41.39 net.
20.3.1951: Grimsby registry closed.
27.3.1951: Registered at Lowestoft (LT232). Harry Markham Cook, Louth appointed manager.
8.5.1951: At 2.00am. when some 70 miles NE by N of Smith’s Knoll caught fire. Crew taken off by steam trawler Isle of Wight (H852) (Sk. Charles Honeywood).
9.5.1951: Foundered while ablaze from stem to stern.
23.51951: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel lost at sea”.

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M.T. Aylesby GY329

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Technical

Official Number: 187850
Yard Number: 1413
Completed: 1956
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 119
Length: 132 ft
Breadth: 27.3 ft
Depth: 13.5 ft
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1956
Engine: 736bhp 7-cyl Mirrlees
Speed: 11.25 knots

History

1956: Completed by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd. No. 1413) for Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood, as WYRE REVENGE. Registered at Fleetwood (FD432).
12.1958: On a trip to the Outer Hebrides (Sk. Jack Pickess). Put into Stornoway for medical treatment for deckhand William Eccles Holt who was having problems with a hand injury sustained while serving on another vessel. Berthed at Stornoway on Christmas Day but Mr. Eccles could not be found. Stornoway police dragged the harbour to no avail.
01.07. 1969: Transferred to British United Trawlers.
18.10.1974: Eddie McCoy Lost overboard off the Shetlands. His body was never recovered.
07/04.1978: Transferred to BUT Aberdeen.
1979: Sold to shipbreakers J Gibson Johnson Ltd Hull en bloc with WYRE DEFENCE, and resold to H Kitson Vickers & Sons (Engineering) Ltd.
12.1979: Resold to S Dalton Skip Hire Ltd and broken up at Bo’ness. 14.01.1980: Fleetwood registry closed.

Note: She was the last British trawler to land a catch from Iceland when the Cod War ended in December 1976.

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M.T. Wyre Revenge FD432
Picture courtesy of Len Charnley

M.T. Wyre Revenge FD432

M.T. Wyre Revenge FD432
Picture courtesy of Peter Hearn

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Technical

Official Number: 341762
Yard Number: 576
IMO No: 7232913
Completed: 1973
Gross Tonnage: 582
Net Tonnage: 218
Length: 142.8 ft
Breadth: 32.1 ft
Depth: 12.19 ft
Built: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Wallsend
Engine: 4 stroke V.12-cyl 1900bhp/1417kW by Ruston Paxman Diesels Ltd, Newton-le-Willows.

History

1973: Completed by Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Wallsend (Yd. No. 576) for J Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as FYLDEA. Registered at Fleetwood (FD182)
1979: Sold to Bonavista Cold Storage Co Ltd, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
1980: Renamed FERMEUSE. Registered at St. John’s.
2000: Sold to Frigorifico Pesquero del Uruguay SA (FRIPUR), Montevideo. Registered at Montevideo.
2008: Still in Lloyd’s Register.

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M.T. Fyldea FD182
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

M.T. Fyldea FD182

M.T. Fyldea FD182
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper

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Technical

Official Number: 365777
IMO Number: 7404798
Yard Number: 585
Completed: 1975
Gross Tonnage: 387
Net Tonnage: 145
Length: 129.9 ft
Breadth: 31.7 ft
Depth: 12.4 ft
Engine: 4 stroke 16-cyl 1700bhp/1250kW oil engine (ESL16MK2) by Mirrlees Blackstone (Stamford) Ltd, Stamford – CP propeller

History

1975: Completed by Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd (Yd. No. 585) for J Marr & Sons Ltd, Fleetwood as NORINA. Registered at Fleetwood (FD 324).
1982: Transferred to Norina Ltd Hull, (part of the Marrs Group).
2002: Sold by Norina Ltd, Hull (Marr Fishing Vessel Management Ltd, managers) to Anglo-Spanish principals. Renamed CARUMA.
2002: Sold to Mystero Ltd, London (Anglo-Spanish principals) (Hooktone Ltd, Troon, agents). Renamed JOHN-LOREN, reclassed and registered at Troon (TN100).
Owners currently are: Joincode Ltd, Troon (Intermediaria Pesquera Gallega, La Coruna, managers). Vessel generally lands in Spain.

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M.T. Norina FD324

M.T. Norina FD324

M.T. Norina FD324
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M.T. Norina FD324
Picture courtesy of Jerry Thompson

M.T. Norina FD324
Picture courtesy of Jerry Thompson

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Technical

Official Number: 185298
Yard Number: 1399
Completed: 1955
Gross Tonnage: 334
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 132′ 5″
Breadth: 26′ 7″
Depth: 11′ 7″
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1955
Engine: 700bhp 5-cyl British Polar
Speed: 13.2 knots

History

1955: Completed by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby for J Marr & Son Ltd,
Fleetwood as COLLENA. First of three middle water trawlers ordered in 1954 with more powerful engines contract cost per vessels £125,000.
23.02.1955: Registered at Fleetwood (FD20).
20.01.1964: Renamed VELIA taking the name from the Marr’s trawler VELIA (296 gt /b1952) which had been sold to Italian owners. Change prompted by radio traffic confusion with CORENA.
06.1971: Suffered major engine damage on the Icelandic grounds. Towed home and laid up.
03.1972: Sold to to H Kitson Vickers & Sons (Engineers) Ltd, Sheffield.
08.1972: Commenced breaking up at Fleetwood.
18.09.1972: Fleetwood registry closed.

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M.T. Collena FD20

M.T. Collena FD20
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M.T. Collena FD20
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Technical

Official Number: A16737
Gross Tonnage: 115
Length: 83 ft
Breadth: 21.2 ft
Depth: 8.6 ft
Engine: 523hp/390kW Blackstone
VCU: 337.16
Built: 1974, R Dunston Ltd, Thorne
Owner: J N Ward & Son, Later Thomas Watson

History

1975 to Fleetwood registration
April 2002 decommissioned and broken up at Fleetwood.

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M.T. Replenish FD305
Picture courtesy of Frank Pook

M.T. Replenish FD305
Picture courtesy of Emiel Rycx

M.T. Replenish FD305
Picture courtesy of Franz Schaap

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Technical

Official Number: 301895
Yard Number: 530
IMO: 5024611
Completed: 1962
Gross Tonnage: 437
Net Tonnage: 151
Length: 139′ 6″
Breadth: 28′ 0″
Depth: 14′ 3″
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd

History

December 11 1961: Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.530) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as ARMANA.
March 1962: Completed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD207).
1969: Sold to Irvin & Johnson Ltd, Cape Town. Registered at Cape Town (CTA294).
March 1988: Sold to Viking Fishing Co (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town. Converted to stern trawler
2009: Seen in Cape Town Fish Dock 26th March. Looked active and in good shape. Modified with extended shelter deck port side.
October 2011: Still operating from Cape Town.

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M.T. Armana FD207
Picture courtesy of Franz Schaap

M.T. Armana CTA294
Picture courtesy of Frank Pook

M.T. Armana CTA294
Picture courtesy of Mike Craine

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Technical

Official number: 365782
Yard Number: 1563
Completed: 1976
Gross Tonnage: 393
Net Tonnage: 156
Length: 39.58 m
Breadth: 8.51 m
Depth: 3.50 m
Built: Drypool Engineering & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Hull.
Engine: Mirlees 16-cyl 1700hp/1268 ICW
Speed: 11 knots
Owner: J Marr & Son Ltd

History

1976: Completed by Drypool Engineering and Dry Dock Co Ltd Hull, (Yd. No. 1563 as ARMANA.
06.06.1976: Registered at Fleetwood (FD322).
08.1978: Two weeks mine-sweeping exercises in the Clyde estuary.
07.1982: One of the Company’s 8 wet fish trawlers transferred to Hull (FD322).
06.07.1987: Sold to Armana Ltd Hull (FD322).
06.1994: Sold to Donegal Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd Dublin Eire. Registry transferred to Dublin (D327).
09.04.1996: Sold to shipbreakers D Cook Ltd New Holland Lincolnshire, and broken up on the New Holland slipway

Notes
The Armana with skipper Malcolm Trott was the first trawler to gross over £1 million in a calender year. Fishing Home waters landed a total of 30,059 kits from 22 trips -320 days at sea.

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M.T. Armana FD322
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M.T. Armana FD322
Picture courtesy of Phil Smith

M.T. Armana D327

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Technical

Official Number: 365787
Gross Tons 35
Net Tons 24
Length 49 feet
Radio Call Sign MXCS

History

1956 – Built Macduff
1968 – Registered as BF51 – owner W. Wilson, Macduff
1980 – Registered as FD326 – owner Roy Belcher & others, Fleetwood
1987 – owner Margaret Belcher & others, Fleetwood

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M.T. Tudor Queen FD326
Picture courtesy of Frank Pook

M.T. Tudor Queen FD326
Picture courtesy of Frank Pook

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Technical

Official Number: A16745
Gross Tonnage: 28
Net Tonnage: 21.32
Length: 15,10m
Breadth: 4.85 m
Depth: 2.05 m
Engine: Gardner, 110hp/82kw
Built: 1946, St Monance, Scotland

History

1951: Owner, John Wood & Others, Pittenweem. Registered as MINNIE WOOD KY166
1965: Owner, William Wood, Pittenweem.
1970: Owner George Walker & Sons, Fraserburgh. Registered as SILVER FERN FR401
1994: Owner Gary Mitchinson, Fleetwood. Registered as CANDO FD332
01.1996: Scrapped.

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M.T. Cando FD332
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M.T. Cando FD332
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mfv Providing Star FD366
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mfv Providing Star FD366
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mfv Providing Star FD366
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Technical

Official Number: 365788
Built: 1976, Tweed Shipyard, Berwick
RSS Number: A13269
Gross Tonnage: 164grt / 63nrt
Length: 86 ft
Breadth: 21′ 11″
Depth: 9 ft
Owner: British United Trawlers, Wyre Trawlers Ltd, managers

History

1973: Ordered from Ryton Marine Ltd, Wallsend on Tyne for Sk. Alex Strachan, Peterhead & Caley Fisheries Group, Aberdeen.
1974: Ryton Marine Ltd in liquidation.
1974: Order transferred to Intrepid Marine International Ltd, Berwick.
3.1975: Intrepid Marine International Ltd, Berwick in liquidation. Berwick Shipyard taken over by Associated Fisheries Ltd, Hull.
1975: Sk. Strachan sold interest to Caley Fisheries Group, Aberdeen.
1976: Shipyard continued building under title of Tweed Shipyard (Berwick) Ltd. Vessel transferred to Associated Fisheries Group.
1976: Launched by Tweed Shipyard (Berwick) Ltd, Berwick (Yd.No.1003) for British United Trawlers (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (Associated Fisheries Group) as DEVOTION (PD147).
1976: Completed as OLIVIA.
1976: Allocated by British United Trawlers to Fleetwood (Wyre Trawlers Ltd, managers). Renamed BENVOLIO (FD347).
7th October 1976: Maiden Voyage.
1978: Sold to Sk. Peter B. Ritchie, Peterhead & Caley Fisheries (Peterhead) Ltd. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Peterhead (PD243).
1986: Renamed ILLUSTRIOUS (PD243).
1990(?): Sold to Andrew Ritchie, St. Fergus & Others (Peterhead Fishermen Ltd, agents).
199?: Fitted with a shelterdeck.
4 stroke 6-cyl 720bhp/537kW oil engine by Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd, Stockport.
199?: Re-engined with 740bhp/545kW oil engine by Caterpillar.
2002: Decommissioned and sold for demolition.

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M.T. Benvolio FD347
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M.T. Benvolio FD347
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Technical

Official Number: 365789
RSS Number: A13230
IMO Number: 7422506
Completed: 1977
Gross Tonnage: 161grt / 60nrt
Length: 23.25 m
Breadth: 6.86 m
Depth: 2.9 m
Engine: 4 stroke 6-cyl 750bhp/552kW oil engine by Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd, Stockport CP Propeller

History

1973: Ordered from Ryton Marine Ltd, Wallsend on Tyne for Sk. James McLean, Peterhead & Caley Fisheries Group, Aberdeen.
1974: Ryton Marine Ltd in liquidation.
1974: Order transferred to Intrepid Marine International Ltd, Berwick.
3.1975: Intrepid Marine International Ltd, Berwick in liquidation. Berwick Shipyard taken over by Associated Fisheries Ltd, Hull.
1975: Sk. McLean sold interest to Caley Fisheries Group, Peterhead.
1976: Shipyard continued building under title of Tweed Shipyard (Berwick) Ltd. Vessel transferred to Associated Fisheries Group.
1976: Launched by Tweed Shipyard (Berwick) Ltd, Berwick (Yd.No.1004) for British United Trawlers (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (Associated Fisheries Group) as LORENZO.
1976: Allocated by British United Trawlers to Fleetwood (Wyre Trawlers Ltd, managers).
3.1977: Completed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD348).
1978: Sold to Sk. Arthur Buchan, Peterhead & Caley Fisheries (Peterhead) Ltd. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Peterhead (PD239).
1990: Sold to Stephen Ritchie Jnr, St. Fergus & Others (Peterhead Fishermen Ltd, agents). Renamed SUNLIGHT (PD187).
199?: Fitted with a shelterdeck.
2002: Decommissioned and sold for demolition.

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M.T. Benvolio FD347
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M.T. Benvolio FD347
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Technical

Official Number: 365780
Official Number: A16749
Gross Tonnage: 69
Length: 24.8 m
Breadth: 5.93 m
Depth: 2.41 m
Engine: 410 kw
VCU: 331.81

History

1964: Built as UK-157 CORNELIS JAN.
1968: Sold to the De Vries family and renamed EBENHAEZER UK4.
1973: Bought from Holland by Alan Edwards, North Wales.
1976: Sold to Charlie Bird, Fleetwood. Registration changed to FD357. Renamed SUSAN BIRD for his granddaughter.
1980: to Seafalke Shipping Co Ltd, Surrey (Keith Schofield, Newhaven, manager)
Late 90s early 00s: Moved to Kircudbright,
2000: In commission with a refrigerated hold, propulsion nozzle and operating as a scalloper.
07.2008: Last seen working out of Aberdeen.
06.2015: Working from Fraserburgh (FR357).

Known Skippers
Willem de Boer

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M.T. Susan Bird FD357

M.T. Susan Bird FD357

M.T. Susan Bird FD357

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Technical

Registered Part IV
Gross Tonnage: 49
Net Tonnage: 49
Length: 64 ft
Engine: Oil Engine

History

2.1948: Launched by Jones Buckie Shipyard Ltd, Buckie for Alexander Murray,Buckie & others as HAZARD, rigged as a seine netter. Completed. Registered at Buckie (BCK182).
By 1956: Owned by A. Green, Buckie & others.
By 1960: Owned by G. I. Wilson, Tynemouth & T. Rucas, Whitley Bay. Registered at Buckie as DORENCE (BCK182).
By 1961: Owned by Boris Net Co Ltd, Fleetwood & Jan Delroy, Cleveleys.
1962: Converted at Fraserburgh to a trawler at a cost of £9,000. Registered at Buckie as GIRL DORIS
(BCK182).
6.3.1962: Landed first catch at Aberdeen.
By 1972: Owned by Jan Delroy, Cleveleys & others.
By 1973: Owned by Jan Delroy & Vera M. J. Delroy, Cleveleys.
1978: Buckie registry closed. Registered at Douglas,IoM (DO65).
1979: Sold to Wilfred Clark, Fleetwood. Douglas registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD365).
1986: De-commissioned. Fleetwood registry closed.
1987: Broken up at Fleetwood.

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mfv Girl Doris BCK182
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mfv Girl Doris FD365

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Technical

Official Number: A16760
Gross/Net Tonage: 35
Length: 53 ft
Radio Call Sign: MFXF

History

1949: Built St. Monance.
1968: INTEGRITY (BF420) – Owner John Watt & others, Gardenstown.
1980: INTEGRITY (FH262) – Owner Peter L. Emms, Worcester.
1987: ONSLOW (FD387) – Owner Geoffrey Wright, Fleetwood & Laurence Bates, Cleveleys.
1994: De-registered 11 December.

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mfv Onslow FD382
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mfv Onslow FD382
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mfv Onslow FD382
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Technical

Official Number: 397734
RSS Number: A16761
Completed: 1964
Gross Tonnage: 47grt / 20nrt
Length: 21.1 m
Breadth: 5.43 m
Depth: 2.2 m
Built: Groningen, Netherlands
Engine: 4 stroke oil engine 400bhp/298kW by Cummins Engine Co Inc, Columbus Ind, USA

History

1964: Completed by Botje Ensing, Groningen for A. & J. Loosman, Urk as CORNELIS. Registered at Urk (UK70). Engine, Oil engine 4 stroke 4-cyl 220bhp by N.V. Appingedammer Bronsmotorenfabrik, Appingedam.
1973: Sold to Peter F. Haigh, Lowestoft. Urk registry closed. Registered at Lowestoft (LT261).
1977: Sold to Northern Divers Ltd, Hull. Fishing registration cancelled.
1979: Sold to David B. Nicholson, Annan. Renamed SHARWENDON(BA47). Registered under Part IV – 54g 54n.
1982: Sold to William Ansell & Brian Cato, Fleetwood. Ballantrae registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD390). Re-registered 54g 20n Allotted O.N.
1982(?): Re-engined with 4 stroke oil engine 400bhp/298kW by Cummins Engine Co Inc, Columbus Ind, USA.
1985(?): Sold to Mallink Ltd, Douglas, IoM.
19??: Sold to Reginald Birch, Fleetwood.
1999: Sold for demolition.

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M.T. Sharwendon FD390
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M.T. Sharwendon FD390

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