PISCES
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date27 April 1971
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
DimensionsGross Tonnage: 117 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002709
Keywords
Yard Number: 366
Fate: unknown
Propulsion: Motor
Description: 'Pocket' class side trawler.
Owners:
1971: Don Fishing Co., Aberdeen.
1983: Terry Taylor, Aberdeen.
General History:
PISCES was one of the new pocket class trawler developed by John Lewis. It fished in the North Sea and Shetland waters. It was rigged for fishing over the starboard side only. It worked under the Don Fishing Co., until it was sold in 1983, to a company owned by a Mr. Terry Taylor, a successful skipper on the MAUREEN JUNE and other boats. PISCES was altered to fish from the stern and a 3/4 long shelter deck was added from the forcastle.
On 23 January 2004 a Mr Williamson, of Whalsay in Shetland phoned the Aberdeen Maritime Museum to enquire about Lewis yard number 366 because the builder's plate was in his possession. When the vessel he was connected with was being decommissioned, the plate was found aboard and no-one knew how it got there. They thought that possibly it had been removed from PISCES one night as a drunken prank.
Notes:
Lister Blackstone type engine ETSL6MGR.
Average speed on trial 11.1 knots.
1979
