Hull, England 21 October 2008
IMO 5022340, official number 301638 and callsign GHCB. Ex-Arctic Cavalier renamed 1993 of 1994. Gross tonnage 760 and net 256 tons. Horepwoer 1.800 hp and a speed of 15 knots. Dimensions (over all) 190.89’-191.7’ (58,22 metres) x 33,6‘. launched on 29 February 1960 by Beverley Shipbuilding&Engineering/Cook, Gemmel&Welton Ltd, Beverley, United Kingdom for account of the Boyd Line for cod fishing. Registered on 15 June 1960. In 1970 involved in the so-called Cod Wars between the United Kingdom and Iceland and rammed by a Icelandic gunboat. Laid up in 1980-1981, converted into a traditional fishery vessel and between 1986 and winter 1987 again used as a fishery vessel. Owned (since 1993) and managed by Hull City Council and nowadays museum ship at Hull.
