Technical

Official Number: 203678
Yard Number: 466
Completed: 1962
LR Number: 504945
Gross Tonnage: 164.51
Net Tonnage: 60.53
Length: 93.5 ft
Breadth: 22.1 ft
Depth: 10 ft
Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: 475bhp 5cyl National Diesel

History

1962: Completed by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft (Yard Number 466) for Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd. Registered at Lowestoft (LT454).
9.4.1962: Ran trials.
12.4.1962: Accepted.
25.9.1969 landed 2420 stones of fish at Lowestoft.This catch was the first ever landed at Lowestoft which was fully boxed and graded at sea.
1971: After seven days at sea, Skipper Ian Lace called owner’s office in Lowestoft to report he had 250 kit aboard. The next day he made a return call reporting she had a further 350 kit of mainly cod taken in 24 hours from the Middle Rough grounds.
BOSTON WHIRLWIND docked in Lowestoft the following day with fish room full and deck full of fish. Grossed £4,500,averaging around £8 a kit, a good return for 1971.
1979 Fully converted for use as a Safety Standby Vessel.
7.1986 Sold to Spanish owners,Parafleet Ltd.,Falmouth.
1996: Renamed SEA VENTURER.
2007: Broken up at Marin.

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M.T. Boston Whirlwind LT454
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M.T. Boston Whirlwind LT454
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M.T. Boston Whirlwind LT454
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Technical

Official Number: A12343
Yard Number: 138
Completed: 1955
Gross Tonnage: 15.2
Length: 12.2 m
Breadth: 4.64 m
Depth: 1.83 m
Engine: Gardner 150bhp/112kW
Built: Herd and Mackenzie Buckie
Engine: 150hp Gardener

History

1955: Built by Herd and Mackenzie Buckie for owners A. Finlayson in Nairn. Registered as INS 305.
1964: Registration changed to WK88
1968: Sold to ??, registration changed to CN45. Fishing from Campbeltown as a prawner.
1974: Sold to ??, registration changed to UL145. New wheelhouse was fitted not long before she was sold.
1988: Sold to ??, registration changed to LH170
1996: Sold to Fleetwood Owner/Operator G.Mitchinson, Fleetwood. Registered as FD170.
2008: Still fishing.

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m.f.v. Albion FD170
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m.f.v. Albion FD170
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m.f.v. Albion FD170
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m.f.v. Albion FD170
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m.f.v. Albion FD170
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mfv Albion FD170
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mfv Albion FD170
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mfv Albion FD170
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Technical

Official Number: A17467
Yard Number: B528
Completed: 1960
Tonnage: 50
Length: 22.22 m
Breadth: 5.97 m
Depth: 2.53 m
Built: 1960 by Fairmile Construction Co. Ltd, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Engine: Lister Blackstone EVSM4

History

1960: Built for W.J. Fishing Co. Ltd, Aberdeen as KAREN A416.
1971: Registered as KAREN PZ193 and owned by William Stevenson & Others, Penzance.
1985: Registered as OUR JOANNE GY7, Owner unknown.
1986: Registered as OUR JOANNE FD50, Owner unknown.
1989: Registered as OUR JOANNE GY7, Owner unknown.
1994: Ceased fishing, registry closed. Converted to a houseboat in Liverpool.

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M.T. Our Joanne GY7
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M.T. Karen A416
Picture courtesy of The Peter Green Collection

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Information courtesy of Fokke Hoekstra Tzn

Technical

Length: 17.0 m
Breadth 5.05 m
Depth: 2.25 m
GRT: 46.8

History

Owned in Fleetwood by Mick Ryan.

1937: Built by Scheepswerf De Dageraad te Woubrugge. Registered at Urk UK118.
1937: In ownership of P. Hamers. Registered at Ijmuiden IJM23 as NELLY.
1955: In ownership of F. Hoekstra Ezn. Registered at Urk as WILLY UK118.
1961: Nieuwe motor Kromhout 120 pk
1962: Re-engined with a Caterpillar 150 pk
1969: In ownership of Gebr.Van de Berg. Registered at Urk as HENDRIKJE UK118.
1971: In ownership of Fa. Hakvoort. Registered at Urk as TIEMETJE UK118
1972: In ownership of C. Lont and registered at Wieringen WR118. Used for recreational sport fishing.
1975: Sold to the United Kingdom and registered at Milford M377.

Fate?
I was 10 years old when my grandfather F Hoekstra Ezn, sold the UK118 in 1969, the (first!) radar installation was new, to van de Berg brothers. I stood between them on Lake Yssel for the last “Hoekstra” journey. In 1963 I helped my father painting on board on the West Warf. My father was the engineer and he was very proud in 1962 with my first englisch word. “What is the name of your fathers ship engine?” ‘Caterpillar’.

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M.T. Tiemetje M377
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mfv Tiemetje M377
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Technical

Official Number: 159817
Net Tonnage: 9
Length: 42 ft
Engine: 88hp

History

1938: Built at Arklow by John Tyrell & Sons and registered as D105, owner J. Gallagher, Killala.
c1970: Registered as BS85, owners Michael & Roy Davies, Pwllheli.
1980: Owner R. Hatton, Chorley.
1983: Owner Joseph B. Hampson, Oldham.

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mfv Naom Uinsiona BS85
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Technical

Engine: 125hp Bohn & Kahler

History

1957: Completed at the Haerinck shipyard Zeebrugge as the Z.508 ZEGEN for owner Verbeke Jozef & wife Lovotti Dolores.
13/01/1968: Removed from the Belgian fishing vessels register on Sold to the UK.

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M.T. Eureka Z558
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M.T. Eureka Z588
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M.T. Zegen LR281
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M.T. Zegen Z508
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M.T. Zegan LR281
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mfv Valhalla N265
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mfv Valhalla N265
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M.T. Wilhelmina Maria BM59
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Technical

Official Number: A13431
Yard Number: B489
Completed: 1959
Gross Tonnage: 50
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 22.25 m
Breadth: 5.97 m
Depth: 2.52 m
Built: Fairmile Construction Co. Ltd, Berwick upon Tweed
Engine: Kelvin T8, 240bhp
Owner: John N. Ward, Fleetwood

History

1959: Built at Berwick upon Tweed by the Fairmile Construction Co. Ltd (yard no. B489) (‘Sputnik’ type) and registered as FAIR ISLE LH259 – owner William Liston Ltd., Newhaven
1968: Owner John N. Ward, Fleetwood
1978: Renamed STRATHGARRY SY88
1980: Owners Donald W. Murray & Angus Macleod, Isle of Lewis
1987: Owners D.C. Rainford & D. Burton, Fleetwood
1994: De-registered
Late 1990’s: conversion started for eventual use by a youth group on Anglesey.

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M.T.Fair Isle LH259

M.T.Fair Isle LH259
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M.T. Strathgarry SY88

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