'Glen Helen' FD220

'Glen Helen' FD220
'Glen Helen' FD220
'Glen Helen' FD220
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'Glen Helen' FD220
'Glen Helen' FD220, an English purser, 1981.

Original photo taken by Reg Weir

Built by Richard Dunston Ltd of Hessle (Yard no: 892), for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood, as 'Velia' FD220. She was launched 4/6/1973 and completed in September 1973.

Her length was 108ft, and her beam was 27ft 4in. She was 309 gross tons. She was powered by a 1,250bhp Mirrless Blackstone 4 stroke 8-cylinder diesel.
Although, registered in Fleetwood, she was based in Aberdeen in 1978. There she was owned by J Marr (Aberdeen) Ltd.

In 1979, she was converted into a purse seiner/ stern trawler and renamed 'Glen Helen' FD220. After this she no longer worked from Aberdeen.
In 1982, she was sold to South African owners and then became 'Suiderkus' L180. She was scrapped in 2018.

IMO: 7321192.
The Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd
Bk53 p39c
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