| Name: | BORDER STAR |
| Type: | Fishing Boat - Trawler |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1960 |
| Builder: | RB Harrison & Son Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 50grt, 50nrt, 90disp, 68.6 x 19.8 x 8.6ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, 8L3B type, 8cyl (5.5 x 7.75ins), 152bhp |
| Engines by: | L Gardner & Sons Ltd, Patricroft, Manchester |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | A12414 |
| History: | |
| 1960 | Richard Crawford, Tweedmouth & John Dougal, North Shields. |
| 31/07/1970 | Richard Crawford, Tweedmouth & Mrs Mary K Dougal, Tynemouth |
| 30/06/1980 | John Cowell & David Cavanagh, Fleetwood |
| by 2000 | Christopher Jones |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Allocated fishing registration number LH383 at Leith |
| 19xx: Re-engined with a Dorman 6cyl oil engine | |
| 19xx: Laid up at Holyhead where she flooded & sank | |
| Subsequently raised by Holyhead Boatyard | |
| Moved to Penrhyn Dock at Bangor and converted to a live-aboard | |
| by 2000: At Weaver Marine's yard at Northwich on the River Weaver, Cheshire | |
| 02/2017: Christopher Jones deceased |
Above photo showing BORDER STAR under construction is copyright of Graeme Turner
Above photo is courtesy of Neil S Evans
Above photos at North Shields are courtesy of Neil S Evans
Above photo is courtesy of Neil S Evans
Above photo at Fleetwood is courtesy of Neil S Evans
Above photo on the Weaver is courtesy of Neil S Evans
Above photo on the Weaver is courtesy of Neil S Evans
Above photo on the Weaver is courtesy of Neil S Evans
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