Registration number 1042
Status Registered
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Previous names

  • Transcend
  • Intrepid

Details

Function Fishing Vessel
Location Wells-next-the-Sea
Vessel type Fishing Vessel
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Macduff Engineering, Macduff
Built in 1958
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
50.95 feet (15.54m)
Tonnage: Gross
23.00

History

Built in 1958 by Macduff Engineering for J Flett of Findochty, CHALLENGE is a fishing vessel first named TRANSCEND BCK75. She later became INTREPID OB280, before adopting her present name.

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Key dates

  • 1958

    Built by Macduff Engineering

  • 1984

    Major refurbishment in Whitby, Yorkshire

Grants

  • September 2011

    A Sustainability Grant of £500 towards the cost of dry docking was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

Sources

Dennis & Sons Ltd, E T W, Olsen's Fisherman's Nautical Almanack 1998, pp612, Edition 122, 1998 

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