CAPTAIN FOLEY
Shipbuildervessel built by
John Lewis & Sons
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)
Date1960
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 136 5/6' x breadth 28 1/12' x depth 14 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 434ton
Gross Tonnage: 434ton
Object numberABDSHIP000236
Keywords
Yard Number: 294
Subsequent Names: BOSTON TRISTAR GY 210 (1972); ST MARK LT 327 (1977).
Fate: Sank after collision with the tug VIKINGBANK, 6 August 1990.
Owners:
1960: Iago Steam Trawler Ltd, London, LO33.
1972: Iago/Boston Group.
1977: Colne Fishing Co. Ltd, Lowestoft.
General History:
07/11/1960: Trial trip off Aberdeen, average speed 12.38 knots.
25/10/1975: Arrived at Richards shipyard, Lowestoft
1980: Converted to standby safety vessel.
"As the fishing industry declined she was sold, as were most of her sisters to Boston Deep Sea Fisheries, becoming GY 210, BOSTON TRADER, eventually being sold for oil rig work and being renamed ST MARK.
The Cromer lifeboat Ruby and Arthur Reed was called to the ST MARK shortly before she sank on 6 August 1990. The lifeboat had been launched at 1620 Following a Mayday call from the vessel which had been in collision with a tug towing barges about 6 miles north east of the station. The ten men aboard the casualty had taken to her own lifeboats and were picked up by another vessel which had been only four miles away when the collision occurred.
ST MARK sank quickly, but she was in a busy shipping lane so the lifeboat stood by until she had sunk completely at 2030, in 85 ft of water, before towing the ship's lifeboats ashore. Due to the heavy swell she was unable to re-house at Cromer and put into Great Yarmouth before returning the following day."
from website: http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.connectfree.co.uk/foley.html
Note: Engine number 364, British Polar type MN16S.
