Fraserburgh Harbour, 1979

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Fraserburgh Harbour, 1979

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Fraserburgh Harbour, with wooden fishing boats including the newly launched 'Wistaria II' FR263 and 'Ebenezer' FR270, together with modern steel-hulled vessels, May 1979

Wooden trawler 'Wistaria II' was built by James Noble (Fraserburgh) Ltd, for Anthony E. Cowe & others, Fraserburgh. She was 22 m long and fitted with a 650bhp 485kw, 1-screw Bergius-Kelvin engine.

By 1989 she was owned by Joseph Mawhinney, Portavogie, registered B240. In 1998 she was sold again to Anthony M. Kenning, Mallaig. She was lost in 2000 when she was flooded and sank 4 miles south-east of Barra. The crew was rescued.

Photographer: J R Stapleton

The Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust Ltd

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