Technical

Official Number: 301515
Yard Number: 447
IMO: 5049207
Completed: 1959
Gross Tonnage: 361
Length: 89′ 4″ ft
Breadth: 22 ft
Depth: 10′ 6” ft
Built: Richards Ironworks Ltd
Owner: Boston Deep Sea Fisheries

History

1959: Completed by Richards Ironworks Ltd (Yard Number 447) for Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, as BOSTON CORSAIR. Registered at Lowestoft (LT148).
1962: Employed as ORSV.
1986: Sold to Spanish owners and reverted to commercial fishing. She was sold in an en bloc deal to Parafleet Ltd, Plymouth (Cmaine (Shipping) Ltd, Stonehouse, Plymouth, managers) (Joseph O’Connor, J.L.J. Couceiro & Others) along with the following vessels.

BOSTON ARGOSY
BOSTON COMET
BOSTON HORNET
BOSTON WHIRLWIND.

November 1986: They left Lowestoft for Plymouth for La Corunna. The vessels were refitted in Spain and reverted to their original UK PRNs ie LT364, LT183, LT148, LT173 & LT453 respectively.
1994: Reported to have sunk in port.

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M.T. Boston Corsair LT148
Picture courtesy of Robert Durrant

M.T. Boston Corsair LT148
Picture courtesy of Harry Bullough

Changelog
23/10/2016: Page re-published due to site problems.