BLUE MIST II

Shipbuildervessel built by John Lewis & Sons (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)

Date1953

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 120 1/3' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 12 3/6'
gross tonnage: 330 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000179

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 234
Official number: 195964

Fate: Disappeared at Sea, February 1966.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Trawler, quarter deck 70 feet long, forecastle deck 18 feet long, side tanks and double bottom tank in machine space - capacity 11 tons.

Owner:
1953: Bonavista Cold Storage Co. Ltd, St Johns, Newfoundland.

General History:
07/1953: Completed.
11/02/1966: BLUE MIST II left Grand Bank, a port in the south of Newfoundland, for the fishing grounds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and was last reported by radio telephone on 18 February in approx. position - Latitude 48°12'N, Longitude 60°W. - no further contact.
("Lloyd's Register Shipping Casualty Returns, quarter ending 31 March 1966", p. 4)

Note: Engine number 306, 4 stroke cycle, single acting 6 cylinder diesel by Mirilees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport.
Machinery Numeral - MN550 - equal to 725 horsepower.
1961: Remeasured Overall Sizes:
length 137' x breadth 25.2' x depth 17', gross tonnage 330 tons.