BEN CHOURN  SN72

Official No: 187931 / A23013   Port and Year:  North Shields, 1960 (SN20)                                                                                 North Shields, 1987 (SN72)

Description: Steel side trawler; shelterdeck longliner (1987)

Crew:

Built: 1960; John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen. Yard no. 295.

Tonnage: 278 grt  95 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 120.1 / 25.1 / 12.3

Engine: Mirrlees Bickerton & Day, Stockport; 712 hp / 6-cyl

Owners:   As SN20 18 Aug 1960: Richard Irving & Sons, North Shields.   1981: Seatrail Charters, Douglas IoM.   1983+: [Not listed in Olsens 1984]   As SN72 1987: Linesweep, Cmain House, Hill St., Milford.   2000: CMaine (Shipping), Haverfordwest.   2005: Milford Trawlers, Peagema SA, Corunna.

Landed at Milford:

Notes:  16 Apr 2005: Intercepted and arrested by the Spanish customs vessel “Petrel” 300 miles west of Corunna and taken to Vigo on suspicion of drug smuggling.  After a day long search, no drugs were found. 2 Mar 2008: Broken up at Vigo, Spain. [Acknowledgements for information to Andy Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne.]

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