Technical

Official Number: 187865
Yard Number: 940
Completed: 1958
Launched: 05/06/1958
Registered: 18/09/1958
Gross Tonnage: 392
Length: 134 ft
Breadth: 30.4 ft
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell
Engines: 1010bhp Mirlees Bickerton & Day
Speed: 12.5 knots

History

1958: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell (Yd. No. 940) for J Marr & Son, Fleetwood
28/01/1966 transferred to oil rig work.
18.01.1971: Inbound (SK. George Beech Snr.) in thick fog in collision with SSAFA FD155 (Sk. Harry Pook.) Damage to bow on the waterline. Both vessels entered port safely.
1983: Sold to G.L.A.D Lines Panama as stand by safety vessel
2001: Scrapped

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M.T. Edwina FD162
Picture courtesy of The Phil Rogers Collection

M.T. Edwina FD162
Picture courtesy of The Neil Geddes Snr Collection.

M.T. Edwina FD162
Picture courtesy of The Frank Pook Collection

M.T. Edwina FD162
Picture from the Internet

M.T. Edwina FD162
Picture courtesy of The Peter Hearn Collection

M.T. Edwina FD162
Picture courtesy of The David Buckley Collection

M.T. Edwina FD162
1984 at St. Vincent. Picture courtesy of Richard Jolliffe

M.T. Edwina FD162
1984 at St. Vincent. Picture courtesy of Richard Jolliffe

M.T. Edwina FD162
1984 at St. Vincent. Picture courtesy of Richard Jolliffe

Changelog
30/09/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.
26/03/2017: Added information and removed FMHT logo.
26/08/2017: Added an image.
19/08/2020: Added an image.
19/12/2021: Added images.