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External Reference
Date 1999
Event ID 590076
Category Documentary Reference
Type External Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/590076
Antares: motor fishing boat.
Built: 1965 by J and G Forbes, Sandhaven.
Original owners: Eyemouth Fisherman's Mutual Association
Propulsion: diesel engine
Length: 55ft (16.8m)
Materials: wood hull
Original use: fishing
Condition: intact
Present owners: Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine
Example of a type of motor fishing boat employed off the coast of Scotland in the 1960's. Exhibited as part of the fleet of the Scottish Maritime Museum.
N J Brouwer 1999.
