Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

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Monday, January 6, 1969 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only
OTHELLO (1966-1977 Deep-sea Fishing Trawler Registered H389 and 224 feet long of Associated Fisheries Ltd.of Hull : Scrapped 1984) Own Page

British trawler OTHELLO reported on fire 100 miles off Norway and crew taken off

Ship's locationNorth Sea about 100 miles off the coast of NorwayPort of RegistryHull (England)
Net Tonnage672
Gross Tonnage1,574

 

   The Norwegian Coastguard reported that the British fishing trawler OTHELLO owned by Associated Fisheries Ltd. of Hull was on fire about 100 nautical miles off the coast of Norway.   The crew have been taken aboard another British trawler, the ROSS AQUILA, owned by the Ross Group of Grimsby.

   OTHELLO was built in 1966 by Yarrow & Co. Ltd. at Scotstoun, Glasgow and is 224 feet-long and employed in fishing in the deep-sea and middle-waters off Norway and Iceland