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Name: LESWOOD
Type: Fishing Vessel - Trawler
Launched: 13/04/1960
Completed: 10/1960
Builder: T Mitchison Ltd
Yard: Friar's Goose, Gateshead
Yard Number: 500
Dimensions: 234grt, 66nrt, 150dwt, 115.4 x 25.4 x 11.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 8cyl (222 x 292mm), 660bhp
Engines by: Lister Blackstone Marine Ltd, Dursley
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 302231
History:
10/1960 Ashley Fishing Co Ltd (John Wood), Aberdeen
by 1982 Don Fishing Co Ltd (John Wood group), Aberdeen
1982 George Craig, Aberdeen; renamed GRAMPIAN DUKE
by 1993 H & G Valman, Aberdeen
by 2000 Piri Fisheries Ltd, Falmouth
04/04/2003 Sank
Comments: 1960: Allocated fishing registration number A443 at Aberdeen
1982: Converted to a stand-by safety vessel
1995: Reconverted into a fishing vessel
1995: Allocated fishing registration number FH663 at Falmouth
04/04/2003: Sank 250 miles W of Brest after her engine room flooded


Above photo is copyright of Ron Willis

Above photo as LESWOOD is courtesy of Trawlerphotos

Above photo as GRAMPIAN DUKE is courtesy of Robert West