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Registration number
1612
Status
Archived
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Previous names
- 1944 - 1948 MFV 1100
Details
Function
Fighting Vessel
Subfunction
Patrol Boat
Location
NONE
Vessel type
Admiralty MFV
Archive reason
Disposed
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Humphrey & Smith Ltd, Grimsby
Built in
1944
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
19.48 feet
(5.94m)
Depth
9.51 feet
(2.90m)
Length: Overall
74.95 feet
(22.86m)
Tonnage: Gross
76.00
History
SCOTCH QUEEN was built at Grimsby by Humphrey & Smith Ltd in 1944 and was formerly an Admiralty MFV, MFV 1100. She is one of the few remaining 75ft Admiralty MFVs unusually built of oak on oak. Between 1945 - 1948 she was in naval service (in 1945 under NORE command), but was decommissioned in 1948 to become a fishing vessel until 1986. She was first registered at Fraserburgh as SCOTCH QUEEN for James and John Watt. In 1953, she was re-registered as LK331 by James Watt. In 1980, she was sold to John Laurenson, Hamnavoe, Scotland. In 1986 she was sold to Mobell Marine as a diving and survey vessel during which time she was modified and a deck-house added. The masts were also changed to an 'A' frames. She was then sold again in 1993 to private owners.
Sadly Scotch Queen has being broken up at a quay in Penryn River near Falmouth in November 2017
Although this vessel has been disposed, we are still currently seeking further information. If you have any details about this vessel past or present, please contact us.
Sources
Olsen's Fisherman's Nautical Almanack 1961, Olsons, 1961
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