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Arctic Challenger GN 22
Built | 1975 Cleland's Shipbuilders, Wallsend (Steel) |
Yard No | 330 |
Owner at New | Boyd Line Ltd, Hull (William Liston Ltd, Granton Edinburgh managers) |
ID no | 362357 |
Launch Date | 13.02.1975 |
Completed | 05.1975 |
Gross Tons | 402 |
Nett Tons | 151 |
Engine | 1700 hp Diesel by Lister Blackstone Marine Ltd, Dursley |
Length | 137ft |
Breadth | 31ft |
Depth | 0ft |
Owners | |
05.1975 | Registered at Granton GN 22. |
1978 | Trawling from Granton ends. Some ships transfer to Aberdeen / Hull. |
1986 | Granton registry closed |
1986 | Registered at London LO 342 |
1993 | Owned by Terry Taylor, Aberdeen |
16.03.1993 | Renamed "ONWARD CHALLENGER" |
1998 | Owned by Norwegian owners and converted Seismic Guard Vessel |
1998 | Renamed "SKUDA JOUR" |
07.10.2002 | Ran aground near Hammerfest Norway, later scrapped in Coots Bay, Norway, Captain fined and given 30 days in jail for being under the influence of alcohol. |