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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Ross Tiger |
| Owner | Ross Trawlers Ltd |
| Port of registry | Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
| Builder | Cochrane & Sons, Selby |
| Laid down | 1956, completed and in service February 1957 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5300699 |
| Status | Retired 1992 for preservation as a museum ship in Grimsby's Alexandra Dock as part of the Fishing Heritage Centre |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Trawler |
| Tonnage | 355 tons |
| Length | 127'6 |
| Beam | 26'6 |
Ross Tiger is a traditional side-winder fishing trawler that was converted into a museum ship in 1992.[1] She is currently berthed in Alexandra Dock at her home port of Grimsby, close to the site of the former PS Lincoln Castle. She forms the star attraction of North East Lincolnshire County Council's National Fishing Heritage Centre since restored and opened to the public in 1992.[2][3] As Grimsby's last traditional sidewinder 'conventional trawler', she represents a now virtually extinct breed of vessels that once made up the largest fishing fleet in the world.[4]
She is a member of the National Register of Historic Vessels with certificate number 621.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Tale of a Tiger". Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ^ "Grimsby gains from Iceland's woes". 23 March 2009.