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Name: COASTAL EMPEROR
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 16/03/1960
Completed: 07/1960
Builder: T Mitchison Ltd
Yard: Friar's Goose, Gateshead
Yard Number: 506
Dimensions: 250grt, 82nrt, 150dwt, 115.4 x 25.4 x 11.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (381 x 457mm, 760bhp
Engines by: Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day, Stockport
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 302223
History:
07/1960 Johnstone Motor Trawlers Ltd (P & J Johnstone), Aberdeen
by 1974 J Marr (Aberdeen) Ltd, Aberdeen
06/12/1978 Wrecked
Comments: Allocated fishing registration number A456 at Aberdeen
Prior 1980: Converted to a stand-by safety vessel
06/12/1978: Wrecked 4 miles north of Aberdeen when
outward for the Thistle oil field
Subsequently reported as broken up as she lay


Above photo as COASTAL EMPEROR courtesy of Trawlerphotos