| Name: | BOSTON COMET |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 15/03/1957 |
| Completed: | 08/1957 |
| Builder: | T Mitchison Ltd |
| Yard: | Friar's Goose, Gateshead |
| Yard Number: | 81 |
| Dimensions: | 249grt, 79nrt, 160dwt, 115.4 x 25.4 x 11.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (15 x 18ins), 760bhp |
| Engines by: | Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day, Stockport |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Reg Number: | 181386 |
| History: | |
| 30/08/1957 | St Andrew's Steam Fishing Co Ltd (BA Parkes), Grimsby |
| 1959 | Packers Steamship Co Ltd, Vancouver; renamed RUPERT BRAND IV |
| by 1976 | Crest Trawlers Ltd, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Allocated fishing registration number GY410 at Grimsby |
| 1979: Converted into a scallop trawler |
Above photo as BOSTON COMET is courtesy of Trawlerphotos
Above photo as RUPERT BRAND IV is courtesy of Gordon Kibble
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