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Fleetwood Trawler – Bon Accord A493
Built by: Fairmile Shipyard1in 960 at Berwick-on-Tweed
Yard Number: 546
Gross Tonnage: 50
Net Tonnage: 50
Length: 68 ft
Engine: 4 stroke 4-cyl 264bhp oil engine by Lister Blackstone Marine Ltd, Dursley
Owner: Bon Accord Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History
1.12.1960: Completed by Fairmile Shipyard (Berwick) Ltd, Berwick-on-Tweed (Yd.No.546) for Bon Accord Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (George Robb, manager) as BON ACCORD. Registered at Aberdeen (A493).

1970: Owner J Marr & Son Ltd Fleetwood.

1973: Owners John N. Ward & Son Ltd, Fleetwood. Renamed RESILIENCE (A493).

1980: Owners Ronald C. Sutherland, Latheran Wheel & Donald Sutherland, Dunbeath. Registered at Wick (WK493).

1981: Owners Ronald C. & Donald Sutherland, Caithness. Renamed FRAM (WK493).

1984: Owners William MacDougal, Peterhead & Others. Registered at Peterhead (PD244).

1985: Owners Louis Forbes, Fraserburgh & Others. Renamed ACTIVE (PD244).

After 1985 She was rumoured to have been converted to a pleasure vessel of some form. This is yet to be confirmed.

Images

Bon Accord A493 - Cortesy of nhp651, shipsnostalgia.com

Fleetwood Trawler – Boston Pegasus LT58
Built by: Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft in 1954
Official Number: 183999
Yard Number: 421
Gross Tonnage: 166
Net Tonnage: 57
Length: 103 ft
Breadth: 22′ 1” ft
Draught: 10′ 9” ft
Engine: 2 stroke 6-cyl 370bhp Crossley by Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester
Owner: Pegasus Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Boston Group)

History
3.7.1954: Launched by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.421) for Pegasus Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood part of the Boston Group. Arthur W. Suddaby, Lowestoft, manager. Registered at Lowestoft (LT58).

1971: Sold to Layhill Chartering Ltd, 34 Crutched Friars, London, EC3. Renamed PENZANCE PEGASUS. Lowestoft registry closed. Registered at Penzance (PZ375).

1974: Sold to Safetyships Ltd, Aberdeen (John Brown & Sons (Aberdeen) Ltd, managers. Renamed KILSYTH.

December 1976: Sold to M. Nichols, Middlesbrough for demolition.

13th January 1977: Drove ashore at Whitley Bay after breaking adrift from tug Niparound towing her from Aberdeen to Tees.

More Information
When fishing in the region of Botney Gap, about 90 miles northeast of Lowestoft, the vessel trawled up a live depth charge. The corroded depth charge came onto the deck when the cod end was unfastened. It was heaved over the side by the crew, but as it sank a ship’s length away it exploded. The crew and the trawler were badly shaken and the compass was thrown out of its gimbal rings. Food was also thrown out of the pantry.

The skipper said that on inspection there was no damage apart from electrical trouble in the engine room. He stated that the probability was that when the depth charge was dropped in the water originally it had failed to go off and that the thump on the deck of the Boston Pegasus has made it ‘live’ again. On her return the vessel was slipped for a thorough examination.

Notes
We believe she was working from Fleetwood Between 14/01/57 and 01/08/59.

Image
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Fleetwood Trawler – Vigilance A204
Built by: Herd & Mackenzie in 1958 at Peterhead. Completed at Buckie
Official Number: 300363
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 66
Length: 102′ 3” ft
Breadth: 23′ 4” ft
Draught: 10′ 3” ft
Engine: Ruston & Hornsby 6VEBXM
Engine No: 422349 4 stroke 454bhp
Owner: Devotion Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Alexander Hay Ltd, Torry, manager)

History
1958: Owned by Devotion Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen.

1971: Owned by Vigilance Fishing Co Ltd and managed by James Wilson, Fleetwood.

1973: Fishing from Plymouth. Owned by D.A.M. Engineering Ltd.

1983: Last registered owner was Rexmight Ltd and she was removed from LR in 1983. She ended her days on the mud at Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.

Images

Vigilance A204 - January 1972 Leaving Aberdeen. Image Courtesy of David Slinger

More Information
Largest wooden trawler ever built (Herd & Mackenzie) at Peterhead, completed at Buckie, for Devotion Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Alexander Hay Ltd, Torry, manager). Built as part of the replacement programme for steam trawlers and cost £67,492. Massive construction with steel fixed under the planking and over beams in way of all deck gear.