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Launch of the trawler Sjurdarberg
SJURDARBERG
Launch of the trawler Sjurdarberg
Launch of the trawler Sjurdarberg

SJURDARBERG

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1948
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 175 5/12' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 656ton
Object numberABDSHIP000153
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 208

Fate: No information in Lloyd's Registers after 1968.

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

Owners
1948: P/FJ.F Kjolbro, Klaksvig, Faroe Islands

General History:
SJURDARBERG was fitted with radar which was just being introduced to fishing boats. Also new was the deck plate of which the butts were electrically welded.
16/06/1948: Trial trip in Aberdeen Bay.
18/06/1948: Delivered.

Note: Engine number 281, boiler by David Rowan & Co.
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