CAMPERDOWN

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

Date1960

Object NameFISHING VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 68' x breadth 19 7/12' x depth 10 3/6'
gross tonnage: 48 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000249

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 307
Subsequent Names: A.B.S. (PZ 203); EMMA LOUISA (2008).

Fate: Unknown

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Trawler, one deck, contruction riveted and part welded.

Owners:
1960: Camperdown Trawling Co., Aberdeen
1969: J. S. Webster, Penzance (Manager Camperdown Fishing).
2004: W. Stevenson, Penzance.
2008: Rowse Fishing Ltd., Truro, fishing number PZ203.

General History:
14/11/1960: Average speed on trial trip 10.28 knots.

One of the Sputnik Class trawlers built in the 1960s. Owned in 1969 by J. S. Webster, Penzance. There is then no record of CAMPERDOWN in Lloyd's Register until 2004/2005, where she is recorded as being named A.B.S. for W. Stevenson, Penzance, with a replacement engine (Deutz) installed sometime through its working life.

Note: made in the Montrose yard that was a subsidiary of John Lewis & Son Ltd, Aberdeen. Yard numbers were allocated in the main John Lewis series.
Engine number 377. Lister-Blackstone EVS4M.
1 Oil Engine driving one prop total power, second engine 442 ICW 601HP, Deutz.