Favourite - BK11

Favourite (BK11)seen here at berth in St Peters Marina, Newcastle Upon Tyne (North East England) on 20th May 2007.

Another fine restoration of a fishing vessel which received mention in our local newspaper:

"Boat to be a floating museum - Apr 3 2007
By The Evening Chronicle
http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/

An old fishing boat will live on as a floating museum after reaching the end of her working life.

Enthusiasts saved the 13-tonne seine netter Favourite from the scrapheap after she ceased fishing in February and is now berthed on the Tyne at St Peter's Basin where repair work is being carried out before she starts to visit various maritime festivals.

She belongs to the Northumberland Fishing Heritage Trust set up by marine enthusiasts Chris Malkin, Peter Weightmann, Ted Smith and Gordon Brown. Mr Malkin said: "She was built by South Shields boatbuilder Fred Crowell in 1947 and worked for more than 20 years from Seahouses and 30 years from St Abbs. There aren't many boats like this around at all now."