BOSTON SEAFIRE H584
Built
1948
Cook Welton & Gemmell
Off Number
181351
Length Ft
181.7
Tons Gross
689
Yard Number
795
Breadth Ft
30.7
Tons Net
249
Launched
24 May 1948
Hp
1075 IHP
Registered
06 Oct 1948
Engine Builder
C D Holmes
Knots
13.4K
Registered BOSTON SEAFIRE H584 Owners 1948 Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd Hull
Renamed CAPE TARIFA H584 Owners 19 Jan 1952 Hudson Bros Trawlers Hull
    Owners 05 Feb 1960 Ross Group Ltd Hull
  ROSS TARIFA H584 Renamed 26 Nov 1965 - Ross Group Ltd Hull
    Renamed 27 Sept 1967 Transfered to Grimsby
Fate : 07-03-1968, Vessel broke away from the tug Moorcock whilst on passage to Bruges for breaking up, She ran aground on the Goodwin Sands,and sank into the sand.
 

 

Fact File

Dec 1951 The Boston Seafire was hit by a gigantic wave which stove in the wheelhouse.

 

IN REMEMBERANCE OF CREWMEN WHO DIED AT SEA
Surname
Christian
Age
Vessel
Birth
Occupation
Date of Death
Detail
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WILD WILLIAM 52 BOSTON SEAFIRE H584 . Mate 18 Dec 1951 .Died in hospital Norway after an accident aboard vessel
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Surname
Christian
Age
Vessel
Birth Pl
Occupation
Date/ Scource
Detail
CREWMEN
. . . . . Skipper . .
NEADLEY COLLIN . BOSTON SEAFIRE H584 . Deckhand 1951 .
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