Students worked with renowned artist Andy Pea to create a mural tribute to those lost in the 1968 Triple Trawler Disaster. There was also a poignant last-minute addition to the artwork. Andy explained: “A lovely chap called David joined us…
The Parkol Marine Engineering yard in Middlesborough launched the new 27.3m Interfish beam trawler Admiral Gordon PH 330 last week, ahead of final fitting out and commissioning. Expected to be completed within the next few weeks, the vessel will then…
A Belgian-registered, Dutch-owned beam trawler has sunk after hitting a rock off Penzance, reports Paul Scott. The 24m Sylvia Mary Z-525 is believed to have struck a rock off Land’s End shortly before 6pm on Tuesday, 14 February while heading…
An art exhibition in East Yorkshire is helping to raise funds for the campaign to bring the trawler Viola back home to Hull, reports Paul Scott. The exhibition, ‘Adventure on the High Seas’, held in the Stables Gallery at Burton…
110 years ago this month, a Hull trawler perished when she ran aground after crewmen mistook deadly white cliffs for snow. Brian W Lavery tells of the Diamond, the skipper who saved every soul aboard – and what became of…
The Irish Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has issued its report on the sinking of the 12m trawler Aztec S 12 (pictured above) off Duncannon, Co Wexford. On 11 January, 2021, Aztec sailed from Duncannon Pier at 7am to fish…
All hands on deck as the trawl is shot away for the first time on sea trials. The latest addition to the Orkney whitefish fleet, the 28m twin-rig stern ramp trawler Westra Fjord K 193, has made a strong start…
An inquest into the deaths of crewmen on the French trawler Bugaled Breizh, which sank suddenly off the Lizard in January 2004, has ruled out any submarine involvement. Lawyers for the crew’s families have always maintained that the trawler’s gear…
An inquest into the sinking of the French trawler Bugaled Breizh off the Lizard in Cornwall in January 2004 has heard that the vessel probably sank when she became fast in mud. All five of her crew were lost when…
Skippers Ian Shearer and Malcolm Reid and the crew of the latest addition to the Shetland fleet, the single-rig whitefish stern trawler Courageous LK 470, quickly started to prove the fishing credentials of their new vessel earlier this month, reports…
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