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Registration number
3802
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Ring-netter
Location
Maldon
Vessel type
Seine Netter
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Herd & MacKenzie, Buckie
Built in
1973
Hull material
Wood
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
2
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
17.49 feet
(5.33m)
Depth
9.19 feet
(2.80m)
Air Draft
49.21 feet
(15.00m)
Length: Overall
55.25 feet
(16.84m)
Tonnage: Gross
54.00
History
MFV KESTEVEN was built by Herd & Mackenzie in Buckie in 1973, yard number 250 and launched on the 19th of December 1973. She was built for the Delga Fishing Company Ltd of Grimsby as an anchor seiner (Snibbie) with the registration number of GY277. She successfully fished from Grimsby under different owners over the years.
She was later sold to an Orford company and worked from Lowestoft, long-lining, gill netting and seining. KESTEVEN, as many other Snibbies, was employed in the Guard Boat service in the North Sea during slack periods and was later rigged for stern trawling. KESTEVEN was later sold away to Newry in Northern Ireland and re-registered as N277, where she continued to fish up until 2018 when she was sold out of trade.
Since being sold out of trade KESTEVEN has undergone extensive renovation and conversion to a cruising / liveaboard vessel keeping her in as original condition as possible, and she is now based on the River Blackwater in Essex.
Key dates
-
1973
Launched at Herd & Makenzie yard in Buckie
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