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Name: DONWOOD
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 16/05/1961
Completed: 07/1961
Builder: T Mitchison Ltd
Yard: Friar's Goose, Gateshead
Yard Number: 524
Dimensions: 249grt, 81nrt, 150dwt, 115.4 x 25.4 x 11.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (381 x 457mm), 760bhp
Engines by: Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day, Stockport
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 303203
History:
07/1961 Burwood Fishing Co Ltd (John Wood), Aberdeen
15/03/1965 Wrecked
Comments: 1961: Allocated fishing registration number A571 at Aberdeen
15/03/1965: Wrecked at the entrance to Heimaey, Vestmann Islands


Above photo courtesy of Trawlerphotos