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VESPER
VESPER
VESPER

VESPER

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1975
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 75 1/6'
Object numberABDSHIP002734
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 392
Official Number: A10802
Subsequent Name: CRYSTAL SEA (1995)

Fate: Scrapped in 2003.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: 'Pocket' class side trawler

Owners:
1975: George W. Watt and others, Gardenstown.
1995: Don Fishing Co.

General History:
VESPER was a John Lewis' class pocket trawler hull adapted out to white fish and herring pair trawl fishing along with her sister ship HESPERUS. VESPER fished for the Watt family and HESPERUS until 1995, when she was sold to Don Fishing Co. and renamed CRYSTAL SEA.
HESPERUS
John Lewis & Sons
1975
BUDDING ROSE
John Lewis & Sons
3 October 1974
MAUREEN JUNE
John Lewis & Sons
27 April 1972
FAIRTRY
John Lewis & Sons
1954
ADMIRAL DRAKE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
18 September 1960
ROCHEA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
2 February 1965
SOUTHELLA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
25 September 1968
MIST
John Lewis & Sons
1918
IXIA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
19 January 1965
CLOVA
John Lewis & Sons
1960
SEAWARD PETREL
John Lewis & Sons
1959
PISCES
John Lewis & Sons
27 April 1971
BEN LUI
John Lewis & Sons
1953
FANNY MAIR
June 1911
Begonia (916), Dahlia (917) - General Arrangement
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 June 1964
Begonia (916), Dahlia (917) - General Arrangement
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 June 1964
ERICA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
5 August 1965
IRIS
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 September 1965
LUPIN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 November 1965
STAR OF SCOTLAND
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
27 September 1960
trawler Sealgair at sea
John Lewis & Sons
7 September 1971
Hawthorn (914) & Hibiscus (915) - General Arrangement
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
6 August 1964