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Mv Lone Gerd - built 1954 in Esbjerg. 54ft long, 15.5ft beam, 6.5ft draught.
Oak on oak construction with 3in thick planking & double framing built for operating in ice conditions. Total gross weight is 56 tons.
As built, she had a Hundestedt hot bulb ignition engine with no gearbox and astern via a feathering propeller.Over her fishing life this engine was replaced twice. In 1986 a 12 litre Volvo turbo diesel was fitted which remains today. She fished under various names out of Esjberg until 1988 when she was sold out of fishing, brought to the UK and converted to a dive charter vessel until 2007.
(Info courtesy of Mr Nicholls)
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