{"id":4096,"date":"2009-01-21T10:33:33","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T10:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2022-07-18T10:54:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:54:41","slug":"st-boston-canberra-fd68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2009\/01\/st-boston-canberra-fd68\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Boston Canberra FD68"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technical <\/strong><\/p>\n

Official Number: 180342
\nYard Number: 775
\nCompleted: 1946
\nGross Tonnage: 334
\nNet Tonnage: 134
\nLength: 130 ft
\nBreadth: 25.7 ft
\nDepth: 12.6 ft
\nEngine: 700IHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull. Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150\u00b0 F
\nBuilt: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley
\nSpeed: 11.4 knots <\/p>\n

History <\/strong><\/p>\n

1.8.1946: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.775) for N.V. Motorvisscherij, Ostend as VAN DER WEYDEN (O293).
\n5.11.1946: Completed.
\n8.11.1946: Arrived Ostend from Hull.
\n9.11.1946: Naming ceremony.
\n14.11.1946: Sailed Ostend for Icelandic fishing grounds on maiden trip.
\n20.3.1951: Ostend registry closed.
\n17.4.1951: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager). Registered at Fleetwood as BOSTON CANBERRA (FD68).
\n1951: Re-measured 323g 118n.
\n2.4.1955: Chartered by White Fish Authority for two experimental trips for hake fishing in areas off Orkney and Shetland.
\n16.12.1955: Sold to Findus Hammerfest, Hammerfest (Hammerfest Havfiske A\/L, managers). Fleetwood registry closed. Registered at Hammerfest as GARGIA (F30H).
\n1958: Sold to Hammerfest Havfiske A\/L, Hammerfest (Leif Throne-Holst, manager).
\n1958: Lengthened to158.6 ft 374g 126n.
\nPre 1966: Delete manager.
\n1970: Sold to A\/S H. Berling Shipsopphugging, Sandnesjoen for breaking up.
\n9.7.1970: Breaking up commenced at Sandnesjoen. <\/p>\n

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Boston Canberra FD68 as Van Der Weyden
\nPicture courtesy of David Slinger collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68
Picture courtesy of Frank Pook<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Boston Camberra FD68
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68
\nPicture courtesy of the JJ collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Boston<\/a>

Boston Canberra FD68
\nPicture courtesy of the JJ collection<\/p><\/div>\n

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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68 as Gargia F30H
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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68 as Gargia F30H
\nPicture courtesy of the JJ collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n21\/01\/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
\n17\/01\/2017: Removed disputed image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technical Official Number: 180342 Yard Number: 775 Completed: 1946 Gross Tonnage: 334 Net Tonnage: 134 Length: 130 ft Breadth: 25.7 ft Depth: 12.6 ft Engine: 700IHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull. Fitted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150\u00b0 F Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley Speed: 11.4 knots History 1.8.1946: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,452],"tags":[77,40],"class_list":["post-4096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4096"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26335,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4096\/revisions\/26335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}