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BOSTON FIREFLY
BOSTON FIREFLY
BOSTON FIREFLY

BOSTON FIREFLY

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1953
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength120 1/3' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 318ton
Object numberABDSHIP000176
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 231
Subsequent Names: JACKY (until launch); BOSTON FIREFLY; ACADIA SEAHAWK (1958).

Fate: Disappeared, 2 December 1964.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Trawler

Owner:
1953: Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Limited, registered at Grimsby.

Note: Engine number 303, built by Messrs Mirilees, Bickerton & Day.
PRINCESS ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1952
BOSTON VALETTA
John Lewis & Sons
1956
RED GAUNTLET
John Lewis & Sons
1955
RED CREST
John Lewis & Sons
1955
Red Rose (221) and Red Hackle (225) - General Arrangement (decks)
John Lewis & Sons
1955
BLUE MIST II
John Lewis & Sons
1953
BLUE HAZE II
John Lewis & Sons
1952
ADMIRAL BURNETT
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1961
STAR OF LATHALLAN
John Lewis & Sons
27 May 1957
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
26 April 1911
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 April 1946
ALEXANDER NICOL
DUTHIE
1876
CAPTAIN FREMANTLE
John Lewis & Sons
1959
Simon Duhamel (674), Cap Fagnet (675) - Rigging Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
21 January 1920
MOUNT EDEN
John Lewis & Sons
31 January 1957
MOUNT EVEREST
John Lewis & Sons
1955
OCEAN LUX
Alexander HALL & Co.
1 May 1930
CRUISER
Alexander HALL & Co.
15 January 1953
NORTH CITY
DUTHIE
December 1889
SCOTTISH KING
John Lewis & Sons
1959
OCEAN VIM
Alexander HALL & Co.
1 May 1930
CAIRNBULG
DUTHIE
March 1874
SIR FRED PARKES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
9 December 1966