Trawler Conqueror on Rocks

WRECK 9.004.tif

Title

Trawler Conqueror on Rocks

Subject

Ship MOTOR

Description

The Conqueror was a modern freezer trawler built by Hall, Russel & Co Ltd in Aberdeen1965, for the Northern Trawlers Company. By 1977 she had undergone a major refit to extend her freezer capacity, and left her home port of Hull to go mackerel fishing in Cornwall. On the 26 December 1977 she was off Penzer Point with 250 tons of mackerel on board when she ran into bad weather, and ran aground on the rocks nearby, in the darkness of the early morning.

Date

1977-12-26

Identifier

WRECK 9.004

Coverage

Mousehole

Period Costume

N

Individual Names

Conqueror CV 1364

Geolocation