Technical

Official Number: 300776
Yard Number: 278
Completed: 1958
Gross Tonnage: 444
Net Tonnage: 136
Length: 36 ft
Breadth: 28.1 ft
Depth: 14.3 ft
Oil Engine: 960BHP 6-cyl M46M by British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow (Engine No.348)

History

1.7.1958: Launched by John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.268) for Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood as CAPTAIN HARDY LO 96.
1958: Completed (Cdr. E. D. W. Lawford DSO, manager).
1958: Registered at London (LO 96).
1972: Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes manager).
1972: Renamed BOSTON MARAUDER.
1972: London registry closed.
1972: Registered at Fleetwood (FD 168).
1977: Owned by Liberia Fish Industrial Corporation, Panama.
1977: Renamed LINA VI. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Panama.
1998: Deleted from Lloyds register. “Vessel’s continued existence in doubt”.
1998: Reported broken up.

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M.T. Captain Hardy LO96
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

M.T. Captain Hardy LO96
Picture courtesy of The Frans Schaap Collection

M.T. Captain Hardy LO96
Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

M.T. Captain Hardy LO96
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M.T. Boston Marauder FD168
Picture courtesy of The David Jackson Collection

M.T. Boston Marauder FD168
Picture courtesy of The Philip Dell Collection

M.T. Boston Marauder FD168
Picture courtesy of The Frans Schaap Collection

Changelog
10/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
17/05/2017: Added image and removed FMHT watermarks.
12/08/2017: Added an image.
03/04/2019: Added an image.