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