Technical
Official Number: 300828
Yard Number: 281
Completed: 1959
Gross Tonnage: 448
Net Tonnage: 147
Length: 136.1 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 14.3 ft
Built: John Lewis & Sons Ltd Aberdeen
Oil Engine: 960bhp 6-cyl M46M by British Polar Engines Ltd Glasgow (Engine No.351)
History
26.11.1958: Launched by John Lewis & Sons Ltd Aberdeen (Yd.No.281) for Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood as CAPTAIN FREMANTLE.
02.1959: Completed (Cdr. E. D. W. Lawford DSO, manager).
2.1959: Registered at London (LO 22).
1972: Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes manager).
1972: Renamed BOSTON ATTACKER.
1972: London registry closed.
1972: Registered at Fleetwood (FD 169).
11.09.1972: Experienced engine problems, motor trawler BOSTON EXPLORER (FD 15) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
1977: Owned by Liberia Fish Industrial Corporation, Panama.
1977: Renamed KATHIA. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Panama.
By 1990: Renamed KATHIA I.
1998: Deleted from Lloyds register. “Vessel’s continued existence in doubt”.
1998: Reported broken up.
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10/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
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