Shearbill | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1083

Status Registered

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Details

Function Fishing Vessel

Location Grimsby

Vessel type Fishing Vessel

Current use Ongoing conservation

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Web address http://shearbill.741.com

Construction

Builder Summers, Thomas & Co, Fraserburgh

Built in 1956

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

16.30 feet (4.97m)

Depth

6.20 feet (1.89m)

Length: Overall

49.15 feet (14.99m)

Tonnage: Gross

29.00

History

SHEARBILL is a wooden fishing vessel, built in 1956 and powered by a 128 kw engine. In January 2008, it was reported by her owner that her condition was poor but salvageable. The original engine had gone and a replacement Ruston 6 cylinder Turbo Kw was waiting to be fitted. Some original fittings had been removed and the wheel house had been modified, but a full restoration was planned to restore her as much as possible to her original owner.

We are currently lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.

Sources

Olsen's Fisherman's Nautical Almanack 1998, E T W Dennis & Sons Ltd, pp658, Edition 122, 1998
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, The English Welsh and Northern Ireland Fishing Vessel List as at 30 June 1997, MAFF