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AVONDOW
AVONDOW
AVONDOW

AVONDOW

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1946
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 131' 3" x breadth 24' 2" x depth 15' 6"
Gross Tonnage: 308 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000137
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 192
Official number: 181002

Fate: Broken up in U.K. in 1967.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler with cruiser stern, part electric welded.

Owner:
1946: North Star Steam Fishing Company, fishing number A122

General History:
Vessel named by Dr May Harrow.
13/06/1946: Full power trial in Aberdeen Bay.
18/06/1946: Builder's certificate issued.
02/1967: Withdrawn from fishing.

Note: Engine no. 266, boiler by Caledon.
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1917
Black and white photograph showing starboard view of the trawler Avonriver
John Lewis & Sons
1950
THEWAY
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1931
BEN ARDNA
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9 December 1912
BRACONVALE
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1946
BARBARA ROBB
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14 May 1930
COTE D'OPALE
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1946
SWALLOW
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1906
ONETOS
1913
STRATHUGIE
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27 May 1914
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
13 June 1918
PETER BARRINGTON
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13 March 1919
GALERNA
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24 November 1927
VENDAVAL
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27 December 1928
JAMES BASHFORD
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12 June 1919
LOCH INVER
Alexander HALL & Co.
7 March 1950
HORACE STROUD
Alexander HALL & Co.
September 1910
THOMAS BARCLAY
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9 October 1918
GASCOGNE
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1946
Hawthorn (914) & Hibiscus (915) - General Arrangement
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6 August 1964
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
25 April 1917
DUNKINTY
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1946