| Name: | BLACKTAIL |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 16/03/1961 |
| Completed: | 10/1961 |
| Builder: | T Mitchison Ltd |
| Yard: | Friar's Goose, Gateshead |
| Yard Number: | 510 |
| Dimensions: | 246grt, 76nrt, 150dwt, 114.4 x 25.4 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 4cyl (185 x 200mm) |
| Engines by: | Maybach Motorenbau, Friedrichshafen |
| 1966: 2 x 8cyl by Davey Paxman & Co Ltd, Colchester | |
| 1969: 6cyl by English Electric Diesels Ltd, Newton-le-Willow | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Reg Number: | 187935 |
| History: | |
| 10/1961 | Pelagic Trawling Co Ltd (Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd), North Shields |
| 1964 | Pelagic (Realisations) Ltd, North Shields |
| 1966 | Talisman Trawlers (North Sea) Ltd, Lowestoft |
| 1966 | Renamed FARNHAM QUEEN |
| 1983 | Swallowtail Trawlers Ltd, Lowestoft; renamed SUMMER SWALLOW |
| 1993 | Searanger Ltd, Milford; renamed SEA DOG |
| 15/12/1998 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1961: Allocated fishing registration number SN36 at North Shields |
| 1966: Allocated fishing registration number LT502 at Lowestoft | |
| 1966: Re-engined | |
| 1969: Re-engined | |
| 1993: Allocated fishing registration number M425 at Milford | |
| 15/12/1998: Sank 100 miles west of Galway in position | |
| 53.41N - 13.49W after flooding into the engine room |
Above photo copyright of the Wallsend News, courtesy of John Dobson
Above photo as FARNHAM QUEEN courtesy of Trawlerphotos