QUO VADIS M27

QUO VADIS M27 alongside SS22

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Official No:   335085  Port Number and Year:       -   in Douarnenez, 1951 ( DZ.? )                                                                                 34th  in Dublin, 1968 (D. ?)                                                                                    4th in Milford, 1971

Description: Wooden side trawler; single screw motor vessel; trawling, nets, lines and pots.

Crew:  4

Registered at Milford: 27 May 1968

Built: 1951, Douarnenez, France

Tonnage: 17.65 grt  10.07 net

Length / breadth / depth (feet): 42.5 / 14.9 / 4.8

Engine: One vertical internal combustion (foreign, 1951).  4-Cyl; 80 bhp.  9 kts.

Owners:   As DZ.? 1951: French owners.   As D ? 1968: Dublin owners.   As M27 [ See note below. ] 21 Sep 1971:  Victor J. Cowan-Dickie, Lower Bletherston, Clarbeston Rd. Managing owner and skipper.  (Residing  Bradworthy, Devon.)   3 Dec 1980:  Charles Robin Wilkins, Penzance. Managing owner.   23 May 1986: The Coln Shipping Co., 8-13 Waveney Rd., Lowestoft.   Nov 1986: Charles Robin Wilkins,  Penzance. Managing owner.

Landed at Milford:  20 Jun 1968 - 23 Oct 1969. [No Milford landing records for any vessels are available after 1969.]

Skippers: V.J. Cowan-Dickie (1968-80)

Notes:  Quo Vadis is the Latin for "Who goes there?" 27 May 1968 may have been registered by an unknown owner, as the Register states "Port number and year  4/1968", and under "Port or place to which boat belongs" states Solva.  The landings at Milford in 1968-69 confirms her PRN as M27.

Cert. Cancelled & Milford Registry Closed: 3 Apr 1989.

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