REWARD
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date5 December 1967
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 21.24m x breadth 5.97m x depth 2.47m
gross tonnage: 50 ton
gross tonnage: 50 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002701
Keywords
Yard Number: 354
Official Number: A11341
Subsequent Names: OCEAN REWARD (1975); BRENHILDA (1978); REUL-MA-MAIDNE (1979); MORNING STAR (1995); DAVANLIN (1996); LIBERTY (2008).
Fate: Demolished at Macduff in 2010.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: “Sputnik" class, side trawler (starboard only), screw, steel.
Owners:
1968: Starbank Fishing Company Limited, Leith, registered at Aberdeen A784.
1975: Owners Donald McIver, Isle of Lewis. Registered at Stornoway, SY192.
1978: Owners unknown. Renamed BRENHILDA
1979: Owners Donald B. McLeod, Northbay, Barra. Renamed REUL-MA-MAIDNE. Registered at Castlebay, CY224.
1992: Registered at Kings Lynn, LN444
1995: Owners Forthright Fishing Co. Ltd., Peterhead, Renamed MORNING STAR, Registered at Leith, LH444.
1996: Owners Davlin Fishing Co. Ltd., Fraserburgh. Renamed DAVANLIN. Registered at Fraserburgh FR890
2008: Owners unknown. Renamed LIBERTY. Registered at Banff BF34.
General History:
REWARD was a sputnik class trawler built by John Lewis in Aberdeen and Montrose (Fairmile Berwick). They were called sputnik class as the Americans and Russians were launching sputnik craft into space in the 1960s.
Decommissioned under the Scottish Fleet Resilience Scheme in 2010.
Notes:
Lister Blackstone Marine Ltd., Stamford. Model ERS4M, 4-cylinder, 330 b.h.p.
John Lewis Engine Installation No. 424
Single screw propellor.
1992: Re-engined with Kelvin TBSC8, 500 b.h.p. At some point, possibly 1992, she was fitted with a new wheelhouse and ¾ shelter deck.
See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&a1Page=2&ref=54682&vessel=REWARD
History (FT) - http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/2016/11/24/m-t-reward-a784/
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