‘Kate Thomsen’ GY.362 and other seine netters 1986.

From the original negative. Photo taken in January 1986.

Built as ‘Sylvana’ E.249 in 1945 by Carl Andersen’s Skibs & Bådebyggeri, Fåborg, Denmark. Moved to Grimsby as ‘Sylvana’ GY.362 in 1978. Her name was changed to ‘Kell-Ian’ later in the same year and then to ‘Kate Thomsen’ in 1980. Renamed ‘Faithful R’ GY.362 in 1987 and sailed out of Scarborough. Scrapped in 1993.

‘Olbek’ GY.1389 is on the right and ‘Fourseas’ GY.177 on the left. Pair trawlers ‘Trendsetter’ GY.180 and ‘Jacqueline Borum’ GY225 are in the background.