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M.V. Allan Water H420


 	  	 
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Allan Water


		
Technical
Official Number 181298
Yard Number 777
Launched September 26 1946
Registered March 31 1947
Gross Tonnage313
Length149 ft
Breadth25.7 ft
Draught12.6 ft
Original Engine by8 cyl 2 SA by Crossley Brothers Ltd Manchester
Speed11.3 knots
Built byCook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1948
OwnerGreat Western Fishing Co Ltd
History
1946 Built for Great Western Fishing Co Ltd (Boston Group), Hull as H420 Allan Water.
March 04 1948 Transferred to Fleetwood.
1948Sold to N.V. Vissech Onderneming De Vem J.C. Pronk N.V. Ymuiden as ALLAN WATER IJM 34.
1953Re engined with a 6 cyl 4SA Klockner-Humboldt-Duetz engine made 1941.
1964Sold to Claridge Trawlers Ltd, Lowestoft and renamed ST. DAVIDS (LT 494).
1965Re-engined with a 4cyl 4SA 1100 bhp Ruston & Hornsby Ltd Lincoln.
1966 First Lowestoft trawler to gross £4,000 for a trip during 10/1966 under skipper Billy Hitter and also first Lowestoft trawler to gross £5.000 and became the second highest earning vessel in 1967 with earnings of £62,710 under skipper Billy Hitter.
June 1980Sold to Romford Steel Supplies for demolition.
July 15 1980Sold to Medway Secondary Metals Ltd. Sailing from Lowestoft during 9/1980.
January 05 1981Demolition began at Medway Secondary Metals Ltd Bloors Wharf Rainham Kent.