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NORTHELLA
NORTHELLA
NORTHELLA

NORTHELLA

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date8 July 1964
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength (BP) 214' 6" x breadth 40' 6" x depth 26' 6"
gross tonnage 1718 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002595
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 909
Renamed: YELLOWFIN (1973); SOUTHERN RANGER? (1978); SOUTHERN FIGHTER (1988)

Fate: Caught fire 1992. Scrapped at Table Bay.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Freezer stern trawler

Owners:
1964: J. Marr & Son, Ltd.
1973: Atlantic Trawling Pty Ltd, South Africa and renamed YELLOWFIN
1978: Owned by same people but renamed SOUTHERN RANGER
1988: Transferred to Caymen Islands, renamed SOUTHERN FIGHTER. Sent to Cape Town

General History:
NORTHELLA was changed from stern fishing to side fishing, with new name SOUTHERN FIGHTER for South Atlantic Fishing Co. (Cape Town, South Africa). They also, later purchased another Hall Russell's-built (and Marr's-owned) vessel into their fleet.
JUNELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
6 March 1962
IXIA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
19 January 1965
sepia toned photograph of clipper ship 'anne duthie'
DUTHIE
July 1868
Walter Hood & Co.
16 July 1877
CAIRNBULG
DUTHIE
March 1874
CAPTAIN INMAN
John Lewis & Sons
1962
Hawthorn (914) & Hibiscus (915) - General Arrangement
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
6 August 1964
WILLIAM MANSON
DUTHIE
July 1872
GALERNA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 November 1927
VENDAVAL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
27 December 1928
Hawthorn (914) & Hibiscus (915) - General Arrangement
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
19 October 1965
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
29 March 1967
ARISTIDES
Walter Hood & Co.
1876
'Cimba'  - a three-masted ship
Walter Hood & Co.
1878
AFRICANA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 September 1930
HAWKFLIGHT
John Lewis & Sons
1961
DARRA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1865
LOBELIA
DUTHIE
1898
ROCHEA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
2 February 1965
EMPIRE CHERUB
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1942