Yesso Built 1958 Cochrane & Sons Selby for Japan Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
03/1981 No longer fishing Sold and registered at Grange mouth for oil dispersal work Renamed Cleanseas
1985 Sold to a team of explorers and renamed Southern Quest
Her new owners intention was to retrace Scott’s voyage to the South Pole and accordingly the vessel’s hull was strengthened to resist pressure of ice
Her Details are
- Official Number 168607
- Yard Number 1433
- GT 350 NT 122
- Dimensions 125 x 26.5 x 13
- Quarter deck 67 Foc’sle 21
Sank after being trapped in the Antarctic ice in 1985