by magoonigal » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:58 am
Fair amount of information on AMERIQUE in Ron Wright's book on North Shields Trawlers.
In Brief:- She was transferred to Purdys in 1960 having lain idle at Aberdeen for three years having lost three crewmen overboard off the Faroe Islands. She was converted from Coal to Oil Burning and an oil tank had been fitted in her Hold without any partitions and in bad weather the oil movement used to cause her to roll up to 45 degrees either side, shipping water across her decks. After a 21 day trip to Icelandic Waters in December 1961 her then skipper gave up the sea and joined the River Police. She was scrapped in 1967, having been with Purdy's since 1960.
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.