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Photograph showing the launch of the trawler Boston Britannia (Acadia Snowbird)
ACADIA SNOWBIRD
Photograph showing the launch of the trawler Boston Britannia (Acadia Snowbird)
Photograph showing the launch of the trawler Boston Britannia (Acadia Snowbird)

ACADIA SNOWBIRD

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: 239ton
Object numberABDSHIP000202
About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 260
Official number: 189036
Subsequent Names: BOSTON BRITANNIA (1956); BOSTON HARRIER LT76 (1968); EASTLEIGH (1972)

Fate: Scrapped in 1976.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Trawler

Owners:
1956: Arcadia Fisheries, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1961: Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Lowestoft.
1972: Putford Enterprises Ltd/Boston, Lowestoft.

Note: Engine number 330
CAPTAIN FREMANTLE
John Lewis & Sons
1959
SIR FRED PARKES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
9 December 1966
CAPTAIN FOLEY
John Lewis & Sons
1960
BOSTON VALETTA
John Lewis & Sons
1956
ADMIRAL BURNETT
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1961
PRINCESS ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1952
WOODSIDE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1 October 1959
Red Rose (221) and Red Hackle (225) - General Arrangement (decks)
John Lewis & Sons
1956
ABERDEEN EXPLORER
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1965
BOSTON WASP
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
14 March 1960
CAPTAIN RIOU
John Lewis & Sons
1957
CAPTAIN HARDY
John Lewis & Sons
1958
GRANTON MERLIN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
25 May 1960
Black and white photograph of the trawler Prince Philip (905)
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 May 1963
BOSTON FURY
John Lewis & Sons
1950
COTE D'ARGENT
John Lewis & Sons
1946
M. A. DODDS
Alexander HALL & Co.
1892
CHAMBERLAIN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
3 July 1905
ARDOE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1880
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
27 September 1961
LADY PARKES
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 February 1966
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 September 1965