'Glen Helen' FD220 and 'Sette Mari' FR299

'Glen Helen' FD220 and 'Sette Mari' FR299
'Glen Helen' FD220 and 'Sette Mari' FR299
'Glen Helen' FD220 and 'Sette Mari' FR299
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'Glen Helen' FD220 and 'Sette Mari' FR299
Purse seiners 'Glen Helen', FD220 and 'Sette Mari', FR299 in Plymouth, early 1980s. There for the south-west mackerel fishery.

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
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