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NORTHERN SUN - IMO 5393854
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Photographer:Steve Farrow [ View profile ]
Title:Northern Sun
Photo Category:Scrapyard Ships
Added:Jan 14, 2006
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Image Resolution:1,769 x 1,081
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NORTHERN SUN, ex WYRE MARINER awaiting the scrapyard. Grimsby 1976
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IMO:5393854
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After the war many trawlers were converted from coal burners to oil burning vessels. The storage space taken up by the oil was much less than the coal and it was quicker and easier to pump the oil on board. The steam trawler [i]Wyre Mariner[/i] FD 34(Fleetwood, England - UK), built in 1956 in Selby(England) and owned by Wyre Trawlers Ltd. She later became the [i]Northern Sun[/i] GY2(Grimsby, England - UK).
Official Number 187848
Gross Tonnage: 656
Length: 172 ft
Built: at Selby 1956
Owner: Wyre Trawlers Ltd
1956 - To Fleetwood as a new vessel.
1968 - Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby, and renamed NORTHERN SUN GY2.
1976 - Scrapped.
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