HESPERUS
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1975
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 75 1/6'
Object numberABDSHIP002733
Keywords
Official Number: A10801
Subsequent Name: BENAIAH (1995)
Fate: Scrapped 2003
Propulsion: Motor
Description: 'Pocket' class side trawler
Owners:
1975: George W. Watt & Co., MacDuff
1995: Banffshire Fish Selling
General History:
HESPERUS was a John Lewis pocket trawler built for Watt and others of MacDuff, who owned the vessel until 1995. Its new owners were Banffshire Fish Selling who named it BENAIAH and owned it until 2003 when it was scrapped (date and location unknown).
Sister ship to VESPER.
