S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272

Technical

Official Number: 180335
Yard Number: 376
Completed: 1948
Gross Tonnage: 329
Net Tonnage: 128
Length: 137.5 ft
Breadth: 25.6 ft
Depth: 12.3 ft
Built: Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull (engine built 1945). Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150 ° F

History

25.5.1948: Launched by Richards Ironworks Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.376) for Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood as BOSTON TYPHOON.
9.1948: Completed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD272). Basil A. Parkes designated manager.
9.1948: Sailed Lowestoft for fishing grounds (Sk. Robert Wright); seventeen crew all told, to land at Fleetwood.
2.5.1953: Last landing at Fleetwood.
5.1953: Sold to Ytre Rollöya Fiskersamvirke, Hamnvik, Norway (Ove Bergvoll, Harstad, manager). Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Hamnvik as ROLLANES.
1971: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272

S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272
Picture courtesy of The Phillip Dell Collection

S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272

S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272
Picture courtesy of The JJ Collection

SS.T. Boston Typhoon FD272

S.T. Boston Typhoon FD272
Picture © Ford Jenkins courtesy of The Greenday Collection

Changelog
14/05/2012: Page published. 7 updates since then.
16/09/2019: Information updated.
14/10/2019: Added an image.