Leaving Aberdeen for the fishing grounds
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jim Pottinger Aberdeen
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Leaving Aberdeen for the fishing grounds |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jim Pottinger Aberdeen |
Ross Kittiwake GY 678
| Built | 1961 Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Steel) |
| Yard No | 1467 |
| Owner at New | Hudson Brothers Ltd, Hull |
| ID no | 303284 |
| Launch Date | 01.06.1961 |
| Completed | 12.1961 |
| Gross Tons | 288 |
| Nett Tons | 92 |
| Engine | 785 hp 6cyl 4SA by Ruston Hornsby, Lincoln |
| Length | 107.5ft |
| Breadth | 24.5ft |
| Depth | 12.5ft |
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| 12.1961 | Registered at Grimsby GY 678 |
| 10.1962 | Owned by G. F. Sleight & Sons Ltd. Grimsby |
| 10.1967 | Owned by Ross Trawlers Ltd. Grimsby (Dennis Roberts manager) |
| 11.1969 | Owned by British United Trawlers. Grimsby. |
| 1970 | Owned by Goweroak Ltd. Grimsby. |
| 1973 | Owned by British United Trawlers (Scotland) Ltd, Granton Edinburgh |
| 1978 | Owned by British United Trawlers (Scotland) Ltd, Aberdeen |
| 1979 | Converted to ORSV (Oil Rig Safety / Supply Vessel) |
| 1980 | Owned by George Craig & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen |
| 1982 | Owned by Colne Shipping Ltd, Lowestoft (G. D. Claridge manager). |
| 1982 | Renamed "DESIRADE" |
| 09.1991 | Scrapped at Spearings |
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| Returning to Aberdeen | |
| © Reproduced with acknowledgement to Jim Pottinger Aberdeen | |
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| From a painting by George Wiseman | |