BOSTON FURY
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1950
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 185 3/6' x breadth 32 1/12' x depth 16 5/6'
Gross Tonnage: 799 ton
Gross Tonnage: 799 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000167
Keywords
Yard Number: 222
Official number: 182661
Subsequent Names: FISKANES TN50 (1955); BOSTON FURY (1965); BRANDUR (1966).
Fate: broken up at Bo'ness by P .& W. MacLellan Ltd., April 1968.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler with cruiser stern, part elec welded, part riveted.
Owners:
1950: Boston Deep Sea Fisheries (Manager B. A. Parkes, Grimsby).
1955: P/F Dagsbrun, Denmark (Esmar Fuglo, Thorshavn, Faroes).
1965: Boston D S F Ltd, Grimsby.
1966: Weelsby Tr. Ltd/Boston Group.
General History:
31/08/1950: Trial trip in Aberdeen Bay.
Note: Engine number 299 built by John Lewis & Sons (Triple expansion 3 cylinders of 15½" x 27", 44" diameter, with 27" stroke, boiler pressure 225lb 249mn). Boiler by Kincaid, Greenock.
