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COUNTESSWELLS
COUNTESSWELLS
COUNTESSWELLS

COUNTESSWELLS

Shipbuilder (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
Object numberABDSHIP002567
About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co./Hall, Russell & Co.
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.
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23 May 1963
REFLORESCO
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ABOYNE
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TOLOSA
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18 March 1930
ADMIRAL BURNETT
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17 May 1961
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28 January 1971
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
19 January 1950
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1889
"Thermopylae" - Clipper Ship
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
1868
HAWKFLIGHT
John Lewis & Sons
1961
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 November 1942
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 May 1957
NETHERLEY
John Lewis & Sons
1960
AGNES BLAIKIE
Walter Hood & Co.
1841
GLENESK
John Lewis & Sons
21 October 1971