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Name: JUNELLA
Type: Fishing Vessel - Factory Trawler
Launched: 09/09/1975
Completed: 01/12/1975
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 332
Dimensions: 1615grt, 602nrt, 55.0 x 13.09 x 8.08metres
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (381 x 457mm), 3180bhp
Engines by: Lister Blackstone Mirrlees Marine, Stockport
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 365586
History:
12/1975 J Marr & Son Ltd, Hull
1983 Qarsorsaq Fiskeriseisrab, Godthab, Greenland; renamed SIKU
1985 A/S K/S Vesttraal, Norway; renamed VESTTRAAL
1987 J Marr Ltd, Hull; renamed HILL COVE
1991 Fripur, Montevideo; renamed JUNELLA
1995 Grinfin SA, Montevideo
1996 Grinfin SA, Quequen, Argentina
19/07/1999 Lost
Comments: 1975: Allocated fishing registration number H294 at Hull
1982: Converted to a minesweeper for service in the Falkland Islands
04/1982: Commissioned into the British Royal Navy as HMS JUNELLA
10/1982: Returned to owners
19/07/1999: Serious fire & beached at San Antonio Oeste, Rio Negro, Argentina
Subsequently broken up


Above photo as JUNELLA is courtesy of Trawler Photos

Above photo as JUNELLA is courtesy of Trawler Photos

Above photo as JUNELLA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as VESTTRAAL is courtesy of Trawler Photos

Above photo as HILL COVE is courtesy of Trawler Photos

Above photo as JUNELLA is courtesy of Photoship