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Description
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First steel sections arrive for new boat 021 |
More steel arrives for new contract |
Birds eye view |
Fabrication of frames now started |
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Steel hulled motor fishing vessel as laid out in General Arrangement
Drawing number 57306/1 Revision A, having double chine hull, transom
stern, semi bulbous bow, soft nose stem and with full length shelter
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| Welding team fabricating
frames |
Completed fish room frames ready for
assembly |
Stearing pedestal under construction in
accommodation module |
Accommodation module under construction |
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Arranged for seine net fishing and trawling with a crew of five men. |
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Completed engine beds come out of
fabrication shed |
Plating under accommodation commenced |
Welding under side of deck plates in
accommodation |
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| Engine bed under construction |
Fabrication of bulbous nose. Fresh water
tank and Sonar compartment |
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| Constructed fuel tank out of fabrication
shed |
Port fuel tank & engine beds now fitted to keel |
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Liftingstarboard fuel tank into position |
Welding fuel tank to engine bed frames |
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| Lifting engine room, bulkhead into
position |
Bulkhead in final position |
Engine room deck frames complete |
Starting to erect fish room frames |
Handling frames from cherry picker |
Birds eye view of fitted frames |
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Starting to erect scaffolding in fish room |
Accommodation module comes out of fabrication shed |
Rigging accommodation module ready for lifting |
Accommodation module lifted into final position |
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Plating on starboard side well under way |
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Deck plating complete looking forward |
Looking aft |
Skeg plating complete |
Lifting plates into psition |
View showing stern section |
MPTK engine arrives |
Joiners fitting Warkus boards in fish room |
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Photos showing progress on plating |
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Monitor panels fitted, electrician running cables in trays under floor |
Fitting breather pipes from battery box in engine room |
Work started on plating bulbous nose |
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Below deck to be subdivided by three watertight bulkheads into: aft
accommodation with steering gear, engine room, fish room and forepeak
tank/store. |
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| Wood profile templates to get sharp contours on
bulbous bow |
View from West side of river |
Fitting plates to bulbous nose |
Chine bars being fitted to hull |
Forward bulkhead being fitted to bulbous nose section |
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| Profiling steel plating in hydraulic
press |
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Lifting bulbous nose and forward fish room bulkhead |
Fitting final plate on fish room |
Starboard side chine bars complete |
Galley casing and bulwarks under construction |
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| Forward bulkhead being fitted to bulbous
nose section |
More plating on port side |
Progress on bulbous bow section |
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Coming into position |
Checking final adjustments |
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| Lifting forepeak and whale back section |
Coming into position |
In final position |
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| Net drums, landing crane and
power block arrives |
Lifting sections of galley casing |
Fitting section of galley casing |
Hydraulic and auxiliary
electric backup generator and generator for three phase electricity have
arrived |
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Access door to engine room now cut into hull |
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| Stern tube in process of being fitted |
Stern tube at engine room end |
The main deck is to have an athwartships, steel casing centred aft of midships for galley, mess and washroom, with an aluminium fish hopper to
starboard. Aft side, to have a steel shelter and integral gallow
arrangement over net mending area, open aft. Forward side, to have a
non-weathertight aluminium alloy shelter over the fish handling area and
rope reels. The forward section of the shelter, over the focsle store,
is to be steel. |
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| Stern tube now welded in place |
Fitting stern tube and prop shaft completed |
Fabricating fish room hatch |
Framework for fish room hopper |
Mooring bollards now fitted |
Cutting out access into engine room for main engine |
Fitting starboard skeg |
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| 7 Ton of steel punching ballast covered
with concrete laid in engine room |
Hydraulic and auxiliary electric backup
generator,Electric generator and gear box now in engine room ready for
fitting |
Main engine ready for lifting |
Entering access into engine room |
In final position |
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| Rope reels arrive |
Net drum, power block and gallows fitted |
Rope reels now in position |
Walkway forward between rope reels |
Views of aluminium shelter deck under construction |
Under shelter deck |
Welding aluminium shelter deck |
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| Joiner started fitting out accommodation |
Fitting ventilation system in accommodation block |
Gear box ready for alignment |
Construction of wheel house well under way |
Fabricating exhaust shaft |
Nozel ready for fitting |
Scaffolding being erected ready for protection cover |
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Good progress in wheel house |
Fabrication of radar mast almost complete |
Steering gear in accommodation block |
Fitting bunks in accommodation block |
Wheel house lifted into place |
Coming on board |
Aft view |
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Shelter deck is to have net drum, power block crane, gilsen frame, trawl
gallows, aluminium alloy wheelhouse and a landing crane.
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Pendler blocks fitted on aft gantry |
Gilson lifting frame ready for lifting |
In final position look aft |
Radar mast fitted |
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| Fitting durastic A60 flooring in galley |
Insulation and panelling in galley well under way |
Fitting pipe work in engine room |
Adjusting gear box alignment with shaft |
Welding hull |
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SCA Pro-Tect Ltd fitting all weather shrink wrap cover |
All weather protection cover now complete |
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| Pipe work in engine room now well under
way |
Fitting stainless steel hydraulic pipe
work |
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Joiner fitting bur walnut laminate in wheel house |
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| Hinged hand rail in dropped down position |
Raising hinged hand rail |
Gilsen cod end winch fitted |
Control platform to net drums under construction |
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Electrician fitting cables in engine room |
Stainless steel exhaust system under
construction |
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| Construction of units in galley and mess
deck |
Pipe work in engine room well under way |
Fitting scupper on starboard side |
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View down exhaust shaft |
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Fitting rudder and nozzel now complete. |
Exhaust and breather pipes fitted onto wheel house
roof |
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| Painting is now well under way |
Lips nozzle now fitted |
Rudder under construction |
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Fitting exhaust systems in engine room |
Insulation of fish room deck head and walls |
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Welding pipe work ready for galvanizing |
Fitting rudder and prop now complete |
Fitting main seine net fairlead on port side |
Starboard fairlead fitted |
Framing for monitor screens |
Welding aluminium shelter deck over rope drums |
Fitting out in fish room well under way |
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Pipes welded and ready for galvanizing |
Main
Dimensions |
Oak facing to monitor frames complete and varnished. |
Fish landing hopper spray bar welded in place |
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Length Overall |
22.80 metres 75' 0" |
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Length
Register |
21.17 metres 69' 5"
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Pipes returned from galvanizing ready for fitting |
Breadth
moulded |
7.25 metres 23' 9" |
Joiner fitting monitor screens in wheel
house |
Centre console under construction |
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Depth
moulded |
4.15 metres 13' 6" |
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Draught aft (design) |
4.15 metres 13' 7" |
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Fuel
capacity (approx) |
20,000 litres 4,400 gal.
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Fitting hydraulic pipe work to rope reels |
Fresh
water capacity |
6,000 litres 13,200 gal. |
Spray painting hull after sand blasting |
Aft control console under construction in
wheel house |
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Ice Locker capacity |
10 tonnes |
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Lubricating oil storage tank |
300 litres 66 gallons |
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Hydraulic oil storage tank |
300 litres 66 gallons |
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| Hydraulics to rope reels almost
complete |
Fitting out in engine room near
completion |
Painting is now well under way to
completion |
Radiant Star ready for launch
ceremony |
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| Sarens crane ready for lift |
With large crowds watching on both sides
of the river. Sarens crane takes the strain and the launch begins |
Pipers play for christening ceremony |
Group photos |
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| A great day was finished off with over
200 guest at a celebration dinner and dance at Whitby Spa |
Three generations |
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Crew of Radiant Star |
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| Rainbow brings good omen to Radient Star |
Radient Star on sea trials |
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Testing the nets |
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