FOXHUNTER M357

BLACK HUNTER M357

From the Western Telegraph & Cymric Times of Wednesday 3rd December 1986.

Caption reads: 'Firemen aboard the fishing vessel "Black Hunter" at Hakin Point on Monday after fighting a blaze in the engine room bilges.'

Official No:  700062   Port Number and Year:  -    in Brixham, 1965 (BM169)                                                                                 -    in Jersey, c. 1979 (J557)                                                                               2nd in Milford, 1984

Description: Steel side trawler.  Single screw, oil burning motor vessel.  Ketch rigged.

Crew:

Registered in Milford: 1984

Built: 1943, in Belgium.

Tonnage: (By 1970: 19.93 grt 19.93 net) 1984: 35.65 grt  22.98 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 47.21 / 14.99 / 8.2

Engine: 229 kW motor.

Owners:   As HELENA CORNELIA BM169 1965: Michael J. Lawrence & Anthony J. Rae, Brixham.   By 1973: Thomas J. Trust & Ernest P. Passmore, Brixham.   By 1975: Neil J. Boake, Brixham   As J557 By 1979: Geoffrey Sanderson, Whitby.   By 1982: Andrew G. Parry, Barmouth.   As FOXHUNTER M357 10 Nov 1982: Glyn Garfield Adams, Victoria Rd., Milford                        Steynton Rd., Milford. (Change of address.) William Percival Owens, Glebelands, Hakin.   As BLACK HUNTER  M357 4 May 1987: Ian Wray Thompson,  Memsie, Fraserburgh.   9 Oct 1987: John Henderson, Mallaig, Inverness.   28 Mar 1988: N. N. Rackley, Dawlish, Devon.   By 1991: Peter Andrew MacAlister, North Cuan Ferry, Oban, Argyll. [Olsens 1992 records same owner, same Milford registration, though see below.]

Landed at Milford:

Skippers: Bill Owens

Notes:  25 Sep 1996: Terminated fishing activity. (http://www.fao.org/figis/vrmf/finder/!/display/vessel/UID/030074596/#.Us6z-PRdV8E)

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 28 Mar 1988. Registry cancelled on change of ownership. (Re-registered.) 11 Apr 1989. Section 13(3) (b) MSA 1988. Registry closed.

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