Registration number 2875
Status Archived
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Details

Function Fishing Vessel
Subfunction Ring-netter
Location NONE
Vessel type Netter - Ringnetter
Archive reason Disposed
Current use None
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

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 final owner in 2016 and upon last update in November 2023 was undergoing a refit by Mackay Boatbuilders at Arbroath.  

Update, August 2025: Vessel reported disposed in local press. 

Although this vessel has been disposed, we are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.

Key dates

  • 1939

    Built by Nobles of Fraserburgh as a Fishing Vessel

  • 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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