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BOSTON VALETTA
BOSTON VALETTA
BOSTON VALETTA

BOSTON VALETTA

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1956
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 108 9/12' x breadth 24 1/12' x depth 11 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 239 ton
Object numberABDSHIP000201
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 259
Official number: 184945
Subsequent Names: ACADIA FIN-FARE (1961); BOSTON VALETTA (1968); LADY CORA (1973).

Fate: Unknown, after 1992.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Side trawler, rivetted construction.

Owners:
1956: Don Fishing Co. Ltd
1961: Acadia Fisheries Ltd (British) (A. B. Wilbraham, St Johns, Newfoundland).
1968: Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, (B. A. Parkes, Lowestoft).
1973: Pounds Marine Shipping Lowestoft.
1973: Dunedale Ltd, Isle of Man.

General History:
Still fishing until 1991-92.

Note: Oil Engine 25A 6CY 12½" x 18½".
PRINCESS ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1952
RED GAUNTLET
John Lewis & Sons
1955
RED CREST
John Lewis & Sons
1955
ADMIRAL BURNETT
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1961
CAPTAIN FOLEY
John Lewis & Sons
1960
BOSTON FIREFLY
John Lewis & Sons
1953
Black and white photograph of the trawler Prince Philip (905)
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 May 1963
CAPTAIN FREMANTLE
John Lewis & Sons
1959
ABERDEEN EXPLORER
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1965
LADY PARKES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 February 1966
WOODSIDE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1 October 1959
SIR FRED PARKES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
9 December 1966
REFLORESCO
Alexander HALL & Co.
1924
BOSTON FURY
John Lewis & Sons
1950
Photograph showing the launch of the trawler Boston Britannia (Acadia Snowbird)
John Lewis & Sons
1956
Red Rose (221) and Red Hackle (225) - General Arrangement (decks)
John Lewis & Sons
1955
BOSTON WASP
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 March 1960
STRATHCLOVA
John Lewis & Sons
1973