Fire damaged ‘Abaco’, ex Judaean GY.644, at Lowestoft 1984.

From the original strip of negatives.

‘Judaean’ GY.644 was built in 1959/1960 by Cochrane & Sons, Selby for Sir Thomas Robinson & Son (Grimsby) Ltd. In 1976, she was bought by Colne Fishing Co. Ltd., Lowestoft to be converted to an oil-rig standby vessel. She was renamed ‘Abaco’.

In July 1984, ‘Abaco’ was seriously damaged by fire while in the North Sea (as shown here). She was towed back to Lowestoft and was scrapped at Gravesend, Kent in 1985.