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Registration number
2875
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Ring-netter
Location
Arbroath
Vessel type
Ringnetter
Current use
None
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Noble & Co, James, Fraserburgh
Built in
1939
Hull material
Wood
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
68.90 feet
(21.00m)
Breadth: Beam
16.40 feet
(5.00m)
Depth
8.20 feet
(2.50m)
Air Draft
32.81 feet
(10.00m)
Tonnage: Gross
80.00
History
DUNDARG was built by Nobles of Fraserburgh in 1939 and was immediately pressed into war service by the Admiralty, acting as a boom defence vessel in Loch Awe and Aultbea. In 1945 the vessel was released and took up its primary use as a drift netter fishing vessel. This lasted until 1985 when she was converted for use as a dive charter boat.
DUNDARG was bought in 2007 and was slowly upgraded and restored from then on by her owner.
She was purchased by her current owner in 2016 and as of November 2023 she is undergoing refit by Mackay Boatbuilders at Arbroath before returning to the west coast of Scotland, where she plied her trade since 1981 as a charter vessel in her second lease of life
Key dates
-
1939
Built by Nobles of Fraserburgh as a Fishing Vessel
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1939/1945
Taken over by the Admiralty and served as a Aultea Boom Defence Tender until 1945
-
1945/1985
1945-1985 – Served as a Fishing Vessel and then converted as a Dive Charter with a twin ketch added
-
1985/2007
Served as a Dive Charter on the West Coast
-
2007
Bought by present owner
-
2015
Vessel is thought to be laid up in Eyemouth, Borders
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