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S.T. Boston Canberra FD68






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Official Number 180342


Yard Number 775


Launched August 01 1946


Registered November 05 1946


Gross Tonnage323


Length129 ft


Breadth25.7 ft


700 ihp engineC D Holmes


Speed11.4 knots


Built byCooke, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1946


OwnerBoston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd







		

    History
	



		

    1946
Built as Van Der Weyden (O 293) for NV Motorvisserij, Ostend, Belgium.



April 17 1951
Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood and renamed BOSTON CANBERRA.


October 16 1955Sold to Hammerfest Havfiske A/L, Hammerfest, Norway and renamed GARGIA then lengthened to 158.6 ft (374 gross tons).


1970Sold for scrap to A?S H Berling Shipsopphuggin, Sandnesjoen.


July 09 1970Breaking commenced.