Treshnish | National Historic Ships

Registration number 3491

Status Archived

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Previous names

Bluebird

Details

Function Naval & Military Vessel

Location NONE

Vessel type Admiralty MFV

Archive reason Disposed

Current use None

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Construction

Built in 1945

Hull material Wood

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall

49.00 feet (14.94m)

Breadth: Beam

16.00 feet (4.88m)

Depth

5.00 feet (1.52m)

Tonnage: Gross

27.52

History

TRESHNISH was a service vessel commissioned in 1945 and sold to the Royal Navy in 1948. The builder is unknown. She was converted to fishing boat and fished out of Belfast for about 15 years. Through the years she had various private owners. A circa 1953 Gardner engine was installed in 1973. TRESHNISH took part in the BBC programme Operation Deepscan in Loch Ness in October 1987 and briefly appeared in the film A Fish Called Wanda (1988). She was sold to a new owner and relocated to Galmpton, Dartmouth in 2017. However, she was abandoned not long after and broken up in spring 2018.

Although this vessel has been disposed, please let us know if you can help update the history section with more information.

Key dates

1945
Vessel built in Hull.
1948
Sold off and became B162 fishing out of Belfast
1964
Converted to yacht and registered in Greenock with official no. 305186. Name changed from Bluebird to TRESHNISH
1985
Owned by diving contractors in Greenwich
1987
Sold to the Dockland scout project
1998
ERT Cranmer
1998
ERT Cranmer
2011
Purchased by current owners
2017
Sold to new owner
2018
Vessel disposed.