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Fleetwood Trawler – Robert Hewett LO65
Official Number: 302611
Built by: Cook Welton & Gemmel, Beverley, 1960
Yard Number: 963
Launched: November 22 1960
Registered: March 14 1961
Gross Tonnage: 567
Net Tonnage: 198
Length: 161′ 1” ft
Breadth: 30′ 5” ft
Draught: 16′ 3” ft
Engine: 1168 bhp engine Mirlees Bickerton & Day
Speed: 14 knots
Owner: Heward Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood

History
1960: To Fleetwood as a new vessel.

1979: Sold to Claridge Trawlers Ltd, Lowestoft and renamed ST LUKE and converted for oil rig work.

1989: Sold to Colne Shipping Co Ltd, Lowestoft.

1993: Sold to Bristow Investments Ltd, Lowestoft.

1994: Sold to Lowestoft Shipping III Ltd, Lowestoft

1995: To Port Dickson Ltd, Lowestoft.

1996: Sold to Charford Shipping IV Ltd, Lowestoft.

1997: Sold to Bristow Investments Ltd, Lowestoft and renamed VEESEA MERLIN.

2003: Laid up for scrapping.

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Best catch of winter – Date Unknown

The 576 ton Fleetwood trawler Robert Hewett landed one of the best Iceland catches of the winter at Fleetwood yesterday when her reward for 9,630 stone of fish was £8,103. The vessel, owned by the Hewett Fishing Co. is commanded by Skipper R. Hutcheon of Fleetwood and had been at sea about three weeks.

Images

Robert Hewett LO65

Veesa Merlin, EX Fleetwood Trawler Robert Hewett LO65 at the scrapyard in 2003