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mfv Elsie FD9
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mfv Erin Bay FD115
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Technical
RSS No: B14139
MMSI: 235084726
Gross Tonnage: 21.02
Length: 13.20 m
Breadth: 11.90 m
Depth: 4.60 m
Built: Newbury Engineering Ltd, Newhaven
Engine: 290bhp oil engine by Gardner Engines Ltd, Patricroft, Manchester
Re-engined with 213bhp/290kW Caterpillar 33068
History
1994: Completed as a trawler by Newbury Engineering Ltd, Newhaven for Dennis Watts, Southwick, W. Sussex as REBECCAN.
2013: Sold to ??, ??. Registered at Colchester (CK134).
2016: Sold to B&M Fishing LLP, Fleetwood. Converted for whelking/shell fish and registered at Fleetwood as IVY MAY (FD134).
2018: Registered at Stornoway as KERISTUM (SY76).
2018: Registered at Fleetwood as IVY MAY (FD134).
200?: Re-engined with 213bhp/290kW Caterpillar 33068
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mfv Rebeccan PW406
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mfv Ivy May FD134
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mfv Keristum SY76
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mfv Ivy May FD134
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History
1943: Built in Denmark
1943: owner 1967 Carl Josephson Cleveleys.
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mfv Patty FD251
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Technical
Official Number: 359080
Yard Number: 327
Completed: 01/01/1974
Gross Tonnage: 299
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 32.44 m
Breadth: 8.44 m
Depth: 4.75 m
Launched: 15/10/1973
Built: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Wilmington Quay
Engines: 4SA, 8cyl (222 x 292mm), 1250bhp; (1985: 6cyl (250 x 300mm)) oil engine by Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd, Stamford
History
01/01/1974: Completed for J Marr (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen. Registered A427.
1982: Sold to Heimaskagi H/F, Iceland; renamed SKIPASKAGI.
1985: Re-engined by Bergens Mek Versteder.
1992: Sold to Valdimar H/F, Vogar; renamed THURIDUR HALLDORSDOTTIR.
1995: Renamed STURLA.
2004: Renamed SOLBORG.
2005: Sold to Verdalir EHF, Bildudaldur, Iceland; renamed HALLGRIMUR.
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M.T. Glen Carron A427
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M.T. Glen Carron A427
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M.T. Glen Carron A427
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M.T. Genesis FD19
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M.T. Genesis FD19
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Genesis BCK19
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M.T. Genesis FD19
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Technical
Official Number: 308571
Yard Number: 554
Completed: 1967
Gross Tonnage: 1179
Length: 247.9 ft
Breadth: 40.8 ft
Depth: 8.08 m
Built: Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Engine: Diesel-electric 2 x 12-cyl ‘V’ oil engines 1550bhp by English Electric Ltd, Preston connected to 1 x electric motor 2100shp – 15 knots
Capable of freezing 600 kits per day in 90LB blocks.
History
017.10.1966: Launched at Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.554) by Mrs E.Stirk (mother in law of Geoffrey Alan Marr) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as SWANELLA.
1967: Completed. Registered at Hull (H421).
31.01.1967: Ran sea trials.
03.02.1967: Sailed from Hull on her maiden voyage (Skipper Charles Drever) bound for the Newfoundland fishing grounds. Halfway through her maiden voyage she suffered a fractured crank shaft which reduced the engine power by 50% This proved inadequate and she was brought home early arriving back at Hull on the 27th March landing 447 tonnes.
1967: Set up a new record catch of 665.5 tonnes (Skipper Charles Drever).
1969: The company’s top trawler landing 4,105 tonnes of fish for 307 days at sea, only 64 tonnes behind the top freezer LADY PARKES H397 which recieved a place in the Guinness book of records.
12.6.1981: Sold to KaareMisje & Co, Bergen and converted to a diving support ship.
1982: Hull registry closed. Registered at Panama as ARCHEMEDES.
19855: DRIVE PERFORMER.
1988: NORTH SEA COMMANDER.
1990: Sold to DSND Shipping, Norway. Renamed SEAWAY COMMANDER.
2004: ALLIED COMMANDER, Panama flag.
2009: Sold to How Choi Marine Ltd, Hong Kong. Renamed EGS EXPLORER St Vincent & Grenadines Flag.
2013: Renamed GEO EXPLORER, Nevis & St. Kitts flag.
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M.T. Swanella H421
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M.T. Swanella H421
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M.V. Seaway Commander
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M.V. Allied Commander
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M.T. Swanella H421
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M.T. Swanella H421
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Technical
Official Number: 187855
Gross Tonnage: 31
Net Tonnage: 15n
Length: 45.00 ft
Engine: 88bhp Gardner 6LW
History
1956: Completed by T. Summers, Fraserburgh for Brixham Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as MOORHEN.
07.02.1957: Registered at Fleetwood (FD ). Gordon C. Dugdall designated manager.
By 31.08.1960: Sold to Harry Franklin Ltd, Grimsby. Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Grimsby (GY593). Harry Franklin designated managing owner.
By 31.07.1971: Sold to Allard Hewson & Co Ltd, Grimsby. Re-registered at Grimsby
(GY181).
By 1971: Remeasured and registered Part IV only, 22g 22n.
By 31.05.1975: Sold to Ronald Bond, Fleetwood. Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD306). Ronald Bond designated managing owner.
By 31.08.1979: Sold to W. H. Gregg & Sons Ltd, Hartlepool and others.
Post 1987: Fate.
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mfv Moorhen FD306
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mfv Moorhen FD306
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mfv Niels Risager FD240
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mfv Niels Risager FD240 towing Broadwater
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Changelog
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Technical
Official Number: 366605
RSS Number: A16344.
Gross Tonnage: 44
Net Tonnage: 20
Length (loa) 17.29 m
Length: 16.93 m
Breadth: 5.52 m
Depth: 2.31 m
Non-Sector. VCU (Vessel Capacity Unit) – 172.39
Engine: 8-cyl 230bhp/171kW Gardner 8L3B oil engine by L. Gardner & Sons Ltd, Patricroft, Manchester
History
1975: Ordered by Browse Brothers, Paignton.
1976: Completed by J. Hinks & Son Ltd, Appledore (Yd.No.?) for Maurice Browse, Paignton & others as CRUSADER. Registered at Dartmouth (DH71). Based Kingswear, Devon and working the mid-Channel grounds (Sk. Mike Dormon).
07.1978: Sold to Stanley V. Browse, Brixham & others. Registered at Dartmouth as CRUSADER OF KINGSWEAR (DH71).
1990s: Became nomadic, fishing out of various ports before being based at Whitehaven and Girvan exploiting the Irish Sea whelk grounds.
By 1993: Sold to Kenneth Browse, Paignton & others.
2010: Laid up at Girvan and offered for sale.
2012: Sold to B & M Fishing LLP, Fleetwood (Anne Mary Bynam, Andrew Robert Bynam & AM Seafoods Ltd). Registered at Fleetwood as CRUSADER (FD71). Continued operating as a whelker.
03.2016: Sold to Timothy Bowman-Davies, Nyeland. Registered at Milford as CRUSADER (M71). Continues to operate out of Milford as a whelker.
2017: Sold to Richard Wright, for conversion to a private vessel.
22.06.2018: Sank alongside at Scarborough. Raised and being refurbished for private use, possibly as an angling boat on the Humber.
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mfv Crusader FD71
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mfv Crusader FD71
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M.T. Crusader DH71
M.T. Crusader DH71
M.T. Crusader of Kingswear DH71
M.T. Crusader of Kingswear DH71
M.T. Crusader FD71
mfv Crusader FD71
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mfv Crusader M71
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mfv Crusader
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Changelog
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