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Registration number
2857
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Long Liner
Location
West Cork
Vessel type
Lugger
Archive reason
Overseas Watch List
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Gilbert & Pascoe, Porthleven
Built in
1929
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Lug
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
3
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
49.17 feet
(14.99m)
Breadth: Beam
14.50 feet
(4.42m)
Depth
6.00 feet
(1.83m)
Air Draft
50.00 feet
(15.24m)
Tonnage: Gross
24.20
History
PEEL CASTLE was built in 1929 by Gilbert & Pascoe of Portrhleven as a fishing vessel, and is of carvel pitch pine construction with a Ford Dorset diesel engine installed in 1975.
The vessel fished out of Newlyn from 1930 to to 1939 as PZ17when she was requisitioned for war service and is believed to have served in Scotland as a harbour patrol vessel. After the war she was sold on to Brixham and was registered BM17. She ended her fishing days in Fleetwood or the Isle of Man in 1979.
From 2008, following rebuilding she has sailed extensively as far as the Mediteranean, Madeira and the Azores and later to Galicia, Spain and Brittany. She has attended many maritime festivals during this time.
Key dates
-
1929
Built by GHilbert & Pascoe
-
1939
Requisitioned for war service
-
1948
Sold and brought to Brixham
-
1999/2008
Complete rebuild carried out by current owners
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