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Aby


		
Technical
Official Number 180326
Yard Number 755
Launched September 22 1945
Registered November 27 1945
Gross Tonnage361
Length136 ft
Breadth25.2 ft
600 ihp engineC D Holmes
Speed11.7 knots
Built byCook Welton & Gemmell, 1945
OwnerSeddon Fishing Co Ltd
History
1945 Buile for Seddon Fishing Co Ltd, first new build after WWII for Fleetwood..
1949 Sold to Neale & West Ltd, Cardiff and renamed CHAFFCOMBE (CF 18).
June 129 1956Sold to Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen and renamed BOSTON GANNET (FD 30).
November 1956Fitted for fuel oil.
1963Sold for scrap to the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd.
October 18 1963Breaking commenced at Troon.