Registration number 1404
Status Archived
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Gleaners - port bow
Gleaners alongside - starboard bow
GLEANERS - starboard bow looking aft.
Gleaners being restored
Gleaners out the water

Details

Function Fishing Vessel
Subfunction Trawler
Location Southampton
Archive reason More information required
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Forbes, J & G Ltd, Sandhaven
Built in 1934
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
16.00 feet (4.88m)
Depth
6.00 feet (1.83m)
Length: Overall
51.97 feet (15.85m)
Tonnage: Gross
24.00

History

Commissioned by John, William and James Smith and Alexander Souter, GLEANERS was built by Forbes of Sandhaven in 1934. In 1948 she was bought by John Sutherland and Duncan Roderick Bremner, and in 1960 by Margaret Swanson whose husband Robert was the skipper.

GLEANERS ceased fishing in September 1975 and was bought by James 'Jim' Oag of Thrumster by Wick and taken south. She was owned by David Carson and kept in Belfast whilst undergoing a complete deck replacement at Harland and Woolf. In 2004, she moved to Carrickfergus for an internal refit and new deck then operated as a live-aboard dive charter vessel between 2004-2006 out of Londonderry.

A private owner bought her in 2006 and undertook an out-of-water hull restoration and gearbox build in Ramsey, Isle of Man.  In June 2007 her returned to Southampton with and subsequently sailed around the entire British coastline, returning to Southampton in early 2008 where GLEANERS has been based since.  He undertook a complete internal refit and replaced the wheelhouse before selling the vessel in 2010 to become a live-aboard.

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Key dates

  • 1934

    Vessel built by J & G Forbes Ltd, Sandhaven
  • 1948

    Bought by J Sutherland and D R Bremner
  • 1960

    Bought by Margaret Swanson
  • 1975

    Ceased fishing and bought by J Oay
  • 2003-2004

    Internal refit at Carrickfergus
  • 2004-2006

    Used as a houseboat and for dive charter out of Londonderry
  • 2006

    Vessel bought by new owner and moved to the Isle of Man
  • 2007

    Vessel returned to her home port of Southampton
  • 2006-2007

    Taken out of water for hull restoration, gearbox overhaul and drive shaft refurbishment

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