Le DAUPHIN stern trawler

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Built as a factory stern trawler under yard No 107 by the Chantiers Augustin Normand. Le Havre for the Hiram Fishing Co. Ltd., Haifa, Israel.
14 September 1962 launched as the HIRAM I, christened by Mrs. Zila Becker. She was named after the Phoenician King of Tyre.
Tonnage 1,597 grt, dim. 77.3 x 11.3m, length between pp. 66.2m.
Powered diesel electric by three diesel engines,?hp., one shaft, speed 13 knots.
March 1963 delivered. Imo No 5411591

September 1970 sold to Armament Andres Ledun, Fecamp, France, as replacement of the loss of his vessel NICOLAS SELLES when she returned from the Grand Banks in 1969. Renamed Le DAUPHIN,
During the time under his ownership she made 35 voyages, and caught 3,773,462 kilo salted cod, 13,201,474 frozen cod, with a total worth of 184,440,716 Frank (Euro 28,117,806).
1989 Sold to S. Evans & Sons, Great Britain, renamed in KING NEPTUNE.
1990 Sold to Gardline Shipping Ltd. Hull, not renamed. This company used second hand trawlers as offshore support vessels in the oil industry, so most probably the KING NEPTUNE was used in this roll.
22 April 1993 she arrived in Goole and was scrapped by R Cooke.

St Pierre et Miquelon 2017 1.20 Euro, sg?, scott?
Source: http://www.fecamp-terre-neuve.fr/Navires/Dauphin.html http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz

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Nt:386, Depth:5,57m. Draft:5m. 3-8 cyl. Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz diesels:3153 hp. (2319 kW.) 3 generators, each 370 kW. (400 V. d.c.) 2 electric motors each 700 hp. (515 kW.) 13.25 kn. Call Sign: FNEE.
(LR88/89)