AZALEA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date24 May 1971
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 172 11/12' x breadth 38 7/12' x depth 16 3/12'
gross tonnage 802 ton
gross tonnage 802 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002636
Keywords
Yard Number: 951
Fate: expended as a target, 28 June 2007.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Freezer stern trawler, 2 decks.
Owners:
1971: Irvin & Johnson, Capetown, South Africa, fishing number, CTA.87
General History:
25 May 1971:
'Mrs Milford performed the ceremony. She is the wife of Mr C. S. Milford, former chairman of the owning company, over from South Africa for the launch. The Azalea is the 30th fishing vessel Hall Russell has built over the past 50 years for Irvin & Johnson. Described as a "factory freezer-trawler". Fishroom capacity of 18,000 cubic feet. She can freeze up to 35 tons of fish a day.'
(Press & Journal)
Further information on AZALEA's fate. In Exercise Whippet the South African Navy conducted its first combined tactical Exocet missile firing exercise when the frigates, SAS SPIOENKOP and SAS MENDI, fired two missiles at MFV AZALEA, an old fishing trawler donated to the SA Navy by I&J fishing company for use a target ship. The firing was conducted on Thursday 28 June 2007 in Exercise Area Pandora, 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Cape Point.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAS_Spioenkop_(F147)
(Source: http://trawlerheritage.co.za/Deepsea%20Trawlers/Azalea.htm)
Engine: Ruston
1841
September 1873
