‘Kelvin’ GY.60; the world’s first transom stern trawler 1958
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‘Kelvin’ GY.60; the world’s first transom stern trawler 1958.

Grimsby Fish Docks

From a negative. ‘Kelvin’ GY.60 (new) berthing at Grimsby.

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.