Challenger

Project Details

Steel-hulled motor fishing vessel, having double chine hull, transom stern, semi-bulbous bow, soft nose stem and with full length shelter deck. Arranged for single and twin rig trawling with a fuel capacity of approximately 18,000 litres. Below deck has been subdivided by three watertight bulkheads into: aft accommodation with steering gear, engine room, fishroom, 6-tonne capacity ice locker and forepeak tank store. The main deck has athwartships, steel casing centred aft of midships for galley, mess and washroom. Aft side has a steel shelter and integral gallow arrangement over net drum space, continued to transom. Forward, a non-weathertight aluminium alloy fish-handling shelter space with winch and ice machine. Shelter deck with aluminium alloy wheelhouse, foremast and landing derrick, trawl gallows and aft crane with power block.