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LK276 WAVE CREST

LK276

WAVE CREST

Built 1969
LikelyCreated from photo_catalogue; not yet matched to an authoritative hull identity.

Names she went by

WAVE CRESTmainLikely
StephensLikely
FairwindLikely

Numbers she carried

LK276Likely
BF105Likely
FR156Likely
PD197Likely
FR317Likely

Owners through the years

Allan ALikelyc1983
George NicolLikely1986
David Stephen & othersLikely1987
JLikely1989
Brian Tait & othersLikely1991
James BuchanLikely1997
J H Henry of Hamnavoe and later converted for White FishLikely

Her size

96recorded 1980

Photos

LK276 Wavecrest - Scottish Fisheries Museum item 18031LK276 Wavecrest - Scottish Fisheries Museum item 652

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Her story

  1. 1969

    modified

    Converted noted in source.

  2. 1969

    modified

    Converted noted in source.

  3. 1980

    photographed

    M 800/28A LK 276 WAVE CREST 1969 96 SEINE NETTER UNDERWAY 1980 LERWICK

  4. 1983

    sold

    Sold to Allan A

    c1983

  5. 1983

    modified

    Lengthened noted in source.

  6. 1983

    sold

    Sold to Allan A

    c1983

  7. 1983

    modified

    Lengthened noted in source.

  8. 1986

    sold

    Sold to George Nicol

    1986

  9. 1986

    sold

    Sold to George Nicol

    1986

  10. 1987

    modified

    Converted noted in source.

  11. 1987

    sold

    Sold to David Stephen & others

    1987

  12. 1987

    modified

    Converted noted in source.

  13. 1987

    sold

    Sold to David Stephen & others

    1987

  14. 1989

    sold

    Sold to J

    1989

  15. 1989

    sold

    Sold to J

    1989

  16. 1991

    sold

    Sold to Brian Tait & others

    1991

  17. 1991

    Scrapped

    Scrapped noted: Purse seiner 'Wavecrest' LK276 in Ullapool, early 1980s. Shetland's first purpose built purse seiner, built in Renfrew in 1969 for J H Henry of Hamnavoe and later converted for White Fish. Subsequent History: Lengthened by 15ft 1978 Shelterdecked 1983 c1983 so

  18. 1991

    sold

    Sold to Brian Tait & others

    1991

  19. 1991

    Scrapped

    Scrapped noted: 'Wavecrest' LK276 in Ullapool, 1981. Shetland's first purpose built purse seiner, built in Renfrew in 1969 for J H Henry of Hamnavoe and later converted for White Fish. Subsequent History: Lengthened by 15ft 1978 Shelterdecked 1983 c1983 sold to Allan A. Harcr

  20. 1997

    sold

    Sold to James Buchan

    1997

  21. 1997

    sold

    Sold to James Buchan

    1997

  22. —

    Registration

    Registration: LK276

  23. —

    Registration

    Registration: LK276

  24. —

    Registration

    Registration: LK276

  25. —

    Registration

    Registration: BF105

  26. —

    Registration

    Registration: FR156

  27. —

    Registration

    Registration: PD197

  28. —

    Registration

    Registration: FR317

  29. —

    Registration

    Registration: LK276

  30. —

    Registration

    Registration: BF105

  31. —

    Registration

    Registration: FR156

  32. —

    Registration

    Registration: PD197

  33. —

    Registration

    Registration: FR317

  34. —

    Name

    Name: WAVE CREST

  35. —

    Name

    Name: WAVE CREST

  36. —

    Name

    Name: Wavecrest

  37. —

    Name

    Name: Stephens

  38. —

    Name

    Name: Fairwind

  39. —

    Name

    Name: Wavecrest

  40. —

    Name

    Name: Stephens

  41. —

    museum history note

    'Wavecrest' LK276 in Ullapool, 1981. Shetland's first purpose built purse seiner, built in Renfrew in 1969 for J H Henry of Hamnavoe and later converted for White Fish. Subsequent History: Lengthened by 15ft 1978 Shelterdecked 1983 c1983 sold to Allan A. Harcrow & others, Shetland 1986 sold to George Nicol, Macduff, registered BF105 1987 sold to David Stephen & others, Fraserburgh, renamed 'Stephens' FR156, Converted to white fish/pelagic trawler 1989 sold to J. A. Buchan & others, Peterhead, renamed 'Fairwind' PD197 1991 sold to Brian Tait & others, Fraserburgh, registered FR317 1997 sold to James Buchan, Fraserburgh 1998 scrapped in Denmark Original photo taken by Reg Weir.

  42. —

    Name

    Name: Fairwind

  43. —

    museum history note

    Purse seiner 'Wavecrest' LK276 in Ullapool, early 1980s. Shetland's first purpose built purse seiner, built in Renfrew in 1969 for J H Henry of Hamnavoe and later converted for White Fish. Subsequent History: Lengthened by 15ft 1978 Shelterdecked 1983 c1983 sold to Allan A. Harcrow & others, Shetland 1986 sold to George Nicol, Macduff, registered BF105 1987 sold to David Stephen & others, Fraserburgh, renamed 'Stephens' FR156, Converted to white fish/pelagic trawler 1989 sold to J. A. Buchan & others, Peterhead, renamed 'Fairwind' PD197 1991 sold to Brian Tait & others, Fraserburgh, registered FR317 1997 sold to James Buchan, Fraserburgh 1998 scrapped in Denmark Original photo taken by Reg Weir.

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