mfv Ambition FD541

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Technical

Length: 9.8m
Gross Tonnage: 16.39
Engine: 167.1kw

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mfv Ambition FD540

mfv Ambition FD541
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mfv Ambition FD540

mfv Ambition FD541
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mfv Ambition FD540

mfv Ambition FD541
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mfv Ambition FD541

mfv Ambition FD541
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Changelog
17/10/2019: Page published.
04/11/2019: Added images.

mfv Island FD271

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Technical

Official Number: 185286
Gross tonnage: 41
Length: 57 ft
Built Denmark 1949.

History

1949: Completed as GRETHE MORTENSEN.
1952: Registered at Fleetwood.
1965: Owner Olaf T. Jensen Fleetwood.
1971: Owners Olaf T. Jensen Grimsby & Jens Bojen Grimsby.

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mfv Island FD271

mfv Island FD271
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Changelog
13/10/2019: Page published.

M.T. Louise M FD337

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History
2008: Reported lost off the Channel Islands.

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M.T. Louise M FD337

M.T. Louise M FD337
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Changelog
03/10/2019: Page published.

M.T. Tom Grant GY677

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Technical

Official Number: 303287
Yard Number: 276
IMO: 5364061
Completed: 1959
Length: 116.3 ft (35.45m)
Breadth: 25 ft (7.62m)
Depth: 12.5 ft (3.81m)
Built: Brooke Marine Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: 4-cyl 780bhp oil engine by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day, Stockport

History

02.1962: Completed by Brooke Marine Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.276) for Stirling Fishing Co Ltd, London a subsidiary of E. Bacon & Co Ltd, Grimsby. Registered at Grimsby (GY677).
10.1964: Sold to Craig Stores Ltd, Aberdeen, registered at Aberdeen (A760).
1967: Exchanged for LOCARNO and re-registered at Grimsby (GY1392), in the ownership of the Bacon subsidiary, Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
02.07.1977: Sk. Andrew Wraith passed away in Scartho Rd. Hospital.
1981 Sold to Kuwait owners, but whilst on Tyneside converting the deal fell through. Later sold to Charles Macbride, Kilkeel and registered at Newry as ATLANTIS (N400).
Post 1981: Converted to a stern trawler. Bought by Crosskeen Ltd (Anglo-Spanish), Fleetwood but appears to have been laid up as ATLANTIS M (no official registry recorded) at Fleetwood from 1987.

Notes: LONGSET. She was completed in 01.1959 by J. S. Doig Ltd at Grimsby for E. Bacon & Co’s Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd as LONGSET. Registered at Grimsby in 01.1959 as (GY554). She was an unlucky ship and following a serious fire onboard in which one man died she was renamed LOCARNO (GY554) in 04.1965. There was no improvement in her fortunes and in 04.1967 she was exchanged for TOM GRANT (A760). LOCARNO was re-registered (A850) and TOM GRANT became (GY1392) in the ownership of the Bacon subsidiary, Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. TOM GRANT was ‘sold’ in 1981 to Kuwait owners, but whilst on Tyneside converting the deal fell through and she was later sold to Charles Macbride, Kilkeel and registered at Newry as ATLANTIS (N400). Converted to a stern trawler in the 1980s she was bought by Crosskeen Ltd (Anglo-Spanish), Fleetwood but appears to have been laid up as ATLANTIS M (no official registry recorded) at Fleetwood at least from 1987.

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M.T. Tom Grant GY677

M.T. Tom Grant GY677
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M.T. Tom Grant GY677

M.T. Tom Grant GY677
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M.T. Tom Grant GY677

M.T. Tom Grant GY677
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Sk. Andrew Wraith

Sk. Andrew Wraith
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Changelog
26/07/2019: Page published.
02/09/2020: Updated history and added an image.

M.T. Anne Mary B FD536

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M.T. Anne Mary B FD536

M.T. Anne Mary B FD536
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M.T. Anne Mary B FD536

M.T. Anne Mary B FD536
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M.T. Anne Mary B FD536

M.T. Anne Mary B FD536
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M.T. Anne Mary B FD536

M.T. Anne Mary B FD536
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22/07/2019: Page published.

M.T. O Genita FD529

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Spanish owned Flag Of Convenience vessel. No connection to Fleetwood other than registration.

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O Genita FD529

O Genita FD529
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O Genita FD529

O Genita FD529
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O Genita FD529

O Genita FD529
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O Genita FD529

O Genita FD529
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Changelog
13/07/2019: Page published.

F.V. Anne Thierry FD540

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Additional information courtesy of John Worthington

Technical

Official Number: 390454
Gross Tonnage: 48.99
Net Tonnage: 33.13
Length: 16.46 m
Breadth: 5.87 m
Depth: 2.67 m
Engine: 450hp/336kW oil engine by Moteurs Baudouin, Cassis, France

History

1974: Built in France.
1994: owned by Guernsey Fishermens’ Trading Co Ltd, Guernsey Fishermens’ Trading Co Ltd, Guernsey and operating as a Vivier shellfish carrier.

Undated: Refurbished and refitted for whelking/shellfish role by
Nobles at Girvan.

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M.V. Anne Thiery GU1

M.V. Anne Thierry GU1
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M.F.V. Anne Thierry FD540

M.F.V. Anne Thierry FD540
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M.F.V. Anne Thierry FD540

M.F.V. Anne Thierry FD540
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M.T. Anne Thierry FD540

M.T. Anne Thierry FD540
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Changelog
17/06/2019: Page published.
10/08/2019: Added picture and information.
11/04/2023: Added an image.

i.v. Speedwell FD293

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i.v. Speedwell FD293

i.v. Speedwell FD293
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27/04/2019: Page published.

mfv Elsie FD9

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mfv Elsie FD9

mfv Elsie FD9
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Changelog
24/03/2019: Page published.