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Survey vessel Gardline Locater in Aberdeen harbour
Survey vessel Gardline Locater in Aberdeen harbour
Survey vessel Gardline Locater in Aberdeen harbour
Survey vessel Gardline Locater in Aberdeen harbour

Survey vessel Gardline Locater in Aberdeen harbour

Date1980s
Object Namephotograph
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsNorth Sea Oil and Gas Industries
Dimensions10.1 x 15cm
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS045836.45
About MePhotograph of the Gardline Locator survey vessel in port in the mid 1980's.
Originally built as the Blackburn and launched in 1946 the vessel had a long working life into the current millenium.
It was the Garline Locator that located the wreckage of the Air India Boeing 747 that crashed 200 miles off Cork in June 1985.