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Name: COASTAL EMPRESS
Type: Fishing Vessel
Launched: 11/07/1960
Completed: 10/1960
Builder: T Mitchison Ltd
Yard: Friar's Goose, Gateshead
Yard Number: 507
Dimensions: 250grt, 81nrt, 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: 302229
History:
10/1960 Johnstone Motor Trawlers Ltd (P & J Johnstone), Aberdeen
by 1977 George Craig & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen
12/05/1977 Sank
Comments: 12/05/1977: Sank off Shetland after a collision with Faroese trawler NORDINGUR


Above photo as COASTAL EMPRESS courtesy of Trawlerphotos