M.T. Reward – A784

Technical

Official Number: A11341
Yard Number: 354
Completed: 1968
Gross Tonnage: 50
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 21.24 m
Breadth: 5.97 m
Depth: 2.47 m
Engine: Engine number 424, Lister Blackstone ERS4M
Built: 1968 by John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen
Owners: Starbank Fishing Ltd, Leith

History

1968: Completed by John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen, for Starbank Fishing Ltd, Leith. Registered at Aberdeen as REWARD (A784) Sk. Monty Banks.
1975: Renamed OCEAN REWARD SY192, Owner Donald MacIver, Isle of Lewis.
1978: Renamed BRENHILDA SY192
1979: Renamed REUL-ma-MAIDNE SY192. Later in this year her registration changed to CY224, Owner Donald B. Mcleod, Northbay, Isle of Barra & Other.
1995: Renamed MORNING STAR LH444, Owner Uknown.
1996: Renamed DAVANLIN FR890, Owner Davlin Fishing Co. Ltd, Fraserburgh.
2008: Renamed LIBERTY BF34, Owner unknown.
2010: Scrapped at Macduff.

Known Alterations
New wheelhouse, Three quarter length shelterdeck and a 500hp Kelvin.

Notes
On her first trip out of Fleetwood she broke the port record for earnings by a pocket trawler in a single trip grossing £2,200.
Undated: At Wyre Light, steering problems. Forwards connected and towed into Fleetwood.

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M.T. Reward A784

M.T. Reward A784
Picture courtesy of The Ted Hammill Collection

M.T. Reward A784

M.T. Reward A784
Picture courtesy of Fred Baker

M.T. Reward A784

M.T. Reward A784
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper

M.T. Reward A784

M.T. Reward A784
Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper

Changelog
24/11/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
19/09/2017: Added an image and removed FMHT watermarks.