Previous names
- Transcend
- Intrepid
Details
Construction
Dimensions
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.
After 50 years in the fishing industry it was bought by the recent owner and over a five year period was restored and converted for private use. Over the last 10 years the vessel was cruised extensively around the UK and Ireland as well as a foray into the Netherlands and has been much admired wherever it has been.
Update, July 2025: Vessel under new ownership and now based in Hartlepool.
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Key dates
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1958
Built by Macduff Engineering
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1984
Major refurbishment in Whitby, Yorkshire
Grants
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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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