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Name unknown PD.964


Name unknown  PD.964


    Called the Splendor when this was taken Dave, 1 of D.J.Formans fleet  ;D
    stephen bruce's old command,she was the (ARGO) from fraserburgh,prosperity lying astern............
    did that boat start its life with the wheelhouse situated there ? ;D

    young ronnie
    Nov 17 2010 04:26 PM
    Wheelhouse was aye forrit Davie,but she did have a whaleback when she was built,don't think they kept it on very long though.

    happy haddock
    Nov 17 2010 06:13 PM
    ats right ronnie was built with whaleback.taken off cos deck cracking with heat.
    Whaleback taken off because she filled with water  not because of heat and wheelhouse looks different to original

    happy haddock
    Nov 18 2010 09:36 AM
    where did she fill of water at the ska?dinna think she was aff past the HOP
    A lump o water filled up the whale back i day and they decided to take it aff , that came from a crew man at the time

    young ronnie
    Nov 18 2010 02:49 PM
    I heard that story as well Willie,supposed to have taken a lump aboard gaun intae the Broch,but I've also heard that it was a load o' rubbish that yarn,so which one is the correct version?....the truth is out there somewhere ;D
    Well that was a crewman at the time that told me maybe the owner himself will say he is a member here Ronnie or the old fella can say but the crewman is also a member here as well so I believe him