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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M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection

M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection

M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
Picture courtesy of The Ted Hammill Collection

M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
Picture courtesy of The Ted Hammill Collection

M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
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M.T. Captain Fremantle LO22
Picture courtesy of Stephen Myerscough

M.T. Boston Attacker FD169
Picture courtesy of The Peter Hearn Collection

M.T. Boston Attacker FD169
Picture courtesy of The Ted Hammill Collection

M.T. Kathia
Picture courtesy of The John Worthington Collection

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