Landing the catch
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Johnleif Joensen, Faeroe Islands (trawlerphotos.co.uk)
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Landing the catch |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Johnleif Joensen, Faeroe Islands (trawlerphotos.co.uk) |
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Fairfree LH 271
| Built | 1944 Redfern Shipbuilders, Toronto Canada as HMCS "Coppercliff" (Steel) |
| Yard No | 54 |
| Owner at New | Royal Canadian Navy |
| ID no | 169498 |
| Launch Date | 19.01.1944 |
| Completed | 10.08.1944 |
| Gross Tons | 1305 |
| Nett Tons | 575 |
| Engine | 2000 hp T.3-cyl by Montreal Locomotive Co Ltd, Canada. |
| Length | 210.6ft |
| Breadth | 35.1ft |
| Depth | 12ft |
| Owners | |
| 1944 | Owned by Royal Navy. |
| 1944 | Renamed HMS "FELICITY". |
| 1946 | Owned by a Syndicate for conversion to stern trawler purchased for £5000. |
| 10.1947 | Renamed "FAIRFREE". |
| 10.1947 | Registered at Glasgow GW 19. O.N. Issued 169498 |
| 10.1947 | Owned by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Leith Edinburgh (after extensive trials) . Over time moved from Granton/Leith to Immingham. |
| 1947 | Glasgow registry closed. |
| 1947 | Registered at Leith LH 271. |
| 08.1949 | Diesel engine fitted 4 SCSA 2 x 12-cyl oil engine 2500 hp by Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport. |
| 1951 | Owned by The South Georgia Co Ltd, Leith Edinburgh, later laid up at the Shore, Leith Edinburgh. |
| 1957 | Sold as scrap to BISCO (British Iron & Steel Co) for £15500. |
| 29.08.1957 | Arrived at Charlestown, Fife |
| 30.08.1957 | Scrapped by Ship Breaking Industries Ltd at Charlestown, Fife |
| "Fairfree" the name is loosely based on Fairfield ship yards who converted her and the fact that she cost -£23 after surplus parts were sold off. | |
| Skipper on maiden voyage Leopold Dickson Romyn from Hull | |
| See Fairfree Experiment | |
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| Copy of a painting © Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jim Rae, Auchtermuchty Scotland | |