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Black and white photograph showing the port side of the trawler Austfirdingur
KOLBENN UNGI
Black and white photograph showing the port side of the trawler Austfirdingur
Black and white photograph showing the port side of the trawler Austfirdingur

KOLBENN UNGI

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1951
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 183 11/12' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 708ton
Object numberABDSHIP000173
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 228
Subsequent Names: AUSTFIRDINGUR (1951), HAUKUR (1960).

Fate: broken up at Grimstad by Norsk Skipsopphugnings, June 1970.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler, part electric welded.

Owners:
1951: Austfirdingur H/F, Eskifird.
1960: Sildar & Fiskinjolsverksmidjan H/F, Reykjavik.
1967: Carsten Haugen, Hammerfest.

General History:
Launched as KOLBENN UNGI, immediately renamed AUSTFIRDINGUR when in Iceland.
26/06/1951: Trial trip in Aberdeen Bay.

Note: Engine number 298, boiler by Denny.

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