Sailing from Lowestoft
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Joe Kerr
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Sailing from Lowestoft |
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© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Joe Kerr |
Boston Widgeon LH 80
| Built | 1961 Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft (Steel) |
| Yard No | 464 |
| Owner at New | Basil Parkes & A. W. Suddaby (Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Lowestoft) ( A. W. Suddaby manager ) |
| ID no | 302408 |
| Launch Date | 15.07.1961 |
| Completed | 11.1961 |
| Gross Tons | 165 |
| Nett Tons | 61 |
| Engine | 528 hp 5-cyl by National Gas & Oil Engine Co Ltd, Ashton under Lyme |
| Length | 93.5ft |
| Breadth | 22.2ft |
| Depth | 10.6ft |
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| Owners | |
| 1961 | Registered at Lowestoft LT 427 |
| 1965 | Owned by Near Water Trawlers Ltd, Lowestoft |
| 1973 | Owned by Joe Croan ( Fishing ) 1973 Ltd, Edinburgh ( Company dissolved in 1976) |
| 1973 | Lowestoft registry closed |
| 1973 | Registered at Leith LH 80. |
| 1974 | Owned by Breydon Marine Ltd, Burgh Castle Norfolk ( James Robert Cheeseman ) |
| 1974 | Renamed "BREYDON WIDGEON" |
| 1976 | Converted to ORSV (Oil Rig Supply/Safety Vessel) |
| 1987 | Registered at Leith LH 141 |
| 1990 | Operated by the Wherry Fish Selling Co Ltd, Lowestoft and advertised for sale |
| 1992 | Leith registry closed. |
| 1992 | Registered at Lowestoft LT ?? |
| 04.09.1992 | Sold and left Lowestoft. |
| 1994 | Owned by Greek owners |
| 1994 | Renamed "NAVI" and converted to a yacht. |
| Pre 2000 | Sank off the approx 16 km (52.55N 03.54 E) off the Dutch coast (suspected of drug smuggling) |