Name: | CORDELLA |
Type: | Fishing Vessel |
Launched: | 07/02/1973 |
Completed: | 26/05/1973 |
Builder: | Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 323 |
Dimensions: | 1238grt, 427nrt, 230.3 x 41.8 x 26.7ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4SA, 7cyl (15 x 18ins), 3246bhp |
Engines by: | Lister Blackstone Mirrlees Marine Ltd., Stockport |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 359181 |
History: | |
05/1973 | J Marr & Son Ltd, Hull |
1985 | Skeggs Seafoods, Nelson, New Zealand |
10/1992 | J Marr Shipping Ltd, Hull |
Pre 2000 | Benella Ltd (Marr Vessel Management Ltd), Hull |
2000 | Unknown owner; renamed OLGA |
2004 | Gideon Baltic Ltd, Dominica; renamed GIDEON |
25/05/2006 | Sank |
Comments: | 1973: Allocated fishing registration number H177 |
1982: Converted to minesweeper for service in the Falklands | |
04/1982: Commissioned into the British Royal Navy as HMS CORDELLA | |
11/1982: Returned to owners | |
25/05/2006: Sank off Newfoundland |
Above photo as CORDELLA copyright of Wim Kosten
Above photo as CORDELLA copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as OLGA copyright of Patrick Hill
Above photo as GIDEON copyright of Capt Hilmar Snorrason