‘Ross Kelvin’ GY.60 and ‘Real Madrid’ GY.674 slipped 1975.
From the original colour slide.
‘Kelvin’ was built in 1958 by Cochrane & Sons Ltd., Selby for Derwent Trawlers Ltd., Grimsby. Renamed ‘Ross Kelvin’ GY.60 in 1962. Lengthened and given a diesel engine in 1966. In 1981, she was converted to an oil rig standby vessel and sold to Colne Shipping Co. Ltd., Lowestoft in 1982. She was renamed ‘Nevis’. Scrapped at Sittingbourne, Kent in 1987.
‘Real Madrid’ GY.674 was built in 1961 by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Goole for Consolidated Fisheries Ltd., Grimsby. Sold to the Colne Fishing Co. Ltd., Lowestoft in 1978. Scrapped in 1982 and broken up at Dartford.





