BRISCA M16

In the Haven, May 1988

Courtesy of the N.E. Lincs. Council Library Service

Official No:   711952    Port Number and Year:  -  in Milford, 1988.

Description: Diesel motor vessel; single screw; automatic long liner.  Full length shelter deck.

Crew:  10

Registered at Milford: 1988

Built: 1988, by James N. Miller & Sons, St. Monance.  (Yard no. 1031)

Tonnage: 302 grt 90 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 88.6 oa / 26.9 / 16.4

Engine: Mirrlees Blackstone ESL 5 Mk. 2; 830 hp at 750 rpm; 10.8 kts.

Owners:

 

1988: Rawlings (Trawling), Milford

 

Landed at Milford:  Jan 1988 - ?

Skippers: Mike Jay

Notes:

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 2003

 Accidents and Incidents

From the Western Telegraph & Cymric Times of Wednesday 20th January 1988:

 

    The whole of Milford Haven's fishing fleet will be watching with great interest as the port's latest addition sets sail on its first trip this week.

    Over the weekend, the 80-foot Brisca, skippered by Mike Jay of Llysyfran, sailed along the coast from Miller Yard at St. Monans, Fife, where she had been built.

    As she gently nudged her way through the Dock Gates on Monday afternoon, the vessel heralded a promising 1988 for her owners Milford Haven-based Rawlings Trawlers.

    And it brings a much needed shot-in-the-arm for the port's ailing fishing industry.

    The new ship is unique to the United Kingdom. No other fully autoline-equipped vessel is in service yet.

    With a 200-ton catch capacity, the vessel uses a 30,000-hook Mustad Autoline system from Norway and her first trips will be for dogfish.

 

OPTIMISM

    The catch will be trans-shipped to European markets.  Seasonal catches could also take in white fish which will go to local markets.

    Rawlings Trawlers has been grant-aided to the tune of £1 million  —  half of which has been received from the European Economic Community and half from the Sea Fish Authority.

    ............

    A crew of ten will man the 302-ton Brisca.  Skipper Mike Jay is joined by Mate Dennis Rimmer of Grimsby; Chief Engineer Mark Sinclair, a member of the well-known Milford Haven fishing family, and Bosun Peter Gregory of Milford Haven.

    .............

    From his modern wheelhouse, Skipper Jay will be able to keep a close watch on operations both fore and aft through a closed circuit television monitor.

    The gear for the autolines are surrounded by cold storage units, fish pound, and fish wash tanks.

    And for the crew there is a laundry room with washing machine and tumble-dryer; a heated oilskin locker; shower rooms, comfortable mess room with television and video; well-equipped galley which includes two microwaves, deep freeze and chill room; and comfortable cabins.

    ● The Brisca is powered by a 750 horsepower Alpha diesel engine and has a beam of 29.6 feet and a draught of 16.4 feet.

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

From the Western Telegraph & Cymric Times of Wednesday 19th July 1989:

 

Laid-up trawler hopes

 

    The owner of £1m trawler that has been confined to Milford Docks since the end of March is hoping that it could be allowed to return to the fishing grounds next month.

    The Scottish-built Brisca, one of the newest trawlers in Britain, has been working out of Milford Haven for three years with a British crew.

    But it has been caught up in the net of new legislation put forward by the government which insists that 75 percent of owners of vessels operating under a British flag should be British.

    .................

Photo by Peter Brady, Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust.  

 

 

   

Back to Trawlers 1940-88