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Ross Beaver GY 1387

Ross Beaver built 1962 by Atlantic Shipbuilding Newport as Welsh Monarch Milford Haven M 135
06/03/1967 became Ross Beaver GY 1387
Owned by Ross Trawlers Ross House Fish Docks Grimsby
Manger was John Malcolm Ross
01/1968 went to Aberdeen Owned by British United Trawlers Aberdeen Ltd
Renamed Cedarlea A 67
1970 went to Craig Stores Aberdeen Ltd
1979 British United Trawlers Aberdeen
1980 Cedarlea left Aberdeen where she had been lying derelict headed south as a replacement for the offshore pirate station Radio Caroline, She was however abandoned in Ipswich
Sold to Greenpeace Renamed Green Peace
1982 with another Greenpeace vessel SIRIUS she tracked down a fleet of Dutch ships attempting the largest sea dump ever undertaken in the heart of the fishing grounds off the Northwest coast of Spain
1985 Renamed Grampain Forest served as stand-by safety vessel

Seen here as M 135

Her Details are

  • Official Number 303256
  • Yard Number 87
  • Crew of 12
  • GT 308 NT 170
  • Dimensions 118.2 x 26.5 x 14.5
  • Foc’sle 20
  • Engines Mirrlees National Stockport 6 Cyl 875 bhp 13 knots