COUNTESSWELLS
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date27 November 1959
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 98' 9" x breadth 23' 1" x depth 11'
gross tonnage: 190 ton
gross tonnage: 190 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002567
Keywords
Yard Number: 880
Official Number: 301587
Subsequent Name: GULLBORG (1971)
Fate: Sunk after explosion 19 December 1971.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Side trawler, forecastle 16', rivetted and welded flush joints.
Owner:
1960: Aberdeen Near Water Trawler Ltd (Manager Don Fishing Co.)
1971: J. N. Th Nielsen, Parlrederi, Faroes and renamed GULLBORG.
Notes:
"A sister ship to the WOODSIDE...the WOODSIDE and COUNTESSWELLS are identical in all respects..." Mrs B.A. Parkes named the COUNTESSWELLS.
("Burntisland Shipbuilding Group Journal", vol. 26, no.4 (April 1961), p.111)
This vessel is listed in Lloyd's as being built by Alexander Hall & Co. after being taken over by Hall, Russell & Co.
1908
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