SIR FRED PARKES
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date9 December 1966
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 205 9/12' x breadth 41 1/12' x depth 26 7/12'
gross tonnage: 1033 ton
gross tonnage: 1033 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002613
Keywords
Yard Number: 928
Official Number: 308533
Subsequent Names: WAVENEY WARRIOR (1987); CORCUBION (1991).
Fate: broken up, 21 August 2011
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Freezer stern trawler, 2 decks.
Owners:
1966: Owned by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Hull.
04/1982: Owners Boston Putford Enterprises Ltd., standby vessel.
1987: SFP Atlantic Fisheries, renamed WAVENEY WARRIOR (H.39)
28/10/1991: Owners Pesquera Santa Margarita S/A, Puerto Deseado, renamed CORCUBION.
Notes:
Sponsor at launch was Mrs Michael Snelling.
Vessel has new "tulip bulb" bow - to cope with rough weather. Stabilisers are also fitted.
Ship working on the Labrador and Newfoundland fishing grounds.
Crew of 33 have air conditioned accommodation. 9 single berth cabins for officers, and 6 four-berth cabins.
Cold store has storage space for 500 tons of frozen fish.
Diesel engines.
Photos:
(1) Sponsor Mrs Snelling
(2) & (3) Views of factory deck
(3) 'Sir Fred Parkes' at Sea
('Burntisland Shipbuilding Group Journal', vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 18-19)
4 SA 8 cylinder (381x508 mm), 2350 bhp, by Mirrlees National, Stockport.
See also:
www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=137117&title=corcubion-argentina&cat=1245
