Aberdeen Ships | BLUE MIST II

Name	BLUE MIST II
Construction	STEEL
Type	TRAWLER
Date	1953
Official Number	195964
Description	Yard Number: 234 Date of Build/Launch: July 1953 Engine number 306, 4 stroke cycle, single acting 6 cylinder diesel by Mirilees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport. Machinery Numeral - MN550 - equal to 725 horsepower. Quarter Deck 70 feet long Forecastle Deck 18 feet long Side Tanks and Double Bottom Tank in machine space - capacity 11 tons 1961 Remeasured Overall Sizes: length 137' x breadth 25.2' x depth 17', gross tonnage 330 tons Disappeared at Sea, February 1966: Lloyd's Register Shipping Casualties 1966 gives the information that the BLUE MIST II left Grand Bank, a port in the south of Newfoundland, on the 11th February 1966 for the fishing grounds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and was last reported by radio telephone on the 18th February in approx. position - Latitude 48°12'N, Longitude 60°W. - no further contact.
Shipbuilder	John Lewis & Sons
Owner	Bonavista Cold Storage Co. Ltd, St Johns, Newfoundland
Dimensions	length 120 1/3' x breadth 25 1/12' x depth 12 3/6' gross tonnage: 330 ton

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