Pleiades

Project Details

Steel-hulled motor fishing vessel, having double chine hull, transom stern, semi-bulbous bow, soft nose stem and with a three-quarter length shelter. Arranged for single and twin rig trawling. Below deck has been subdivided by three watertight bulkheads into: aft accommodation with steering gear, engine room, fishroom with ice locker capacity of 6 tonnes and forepeak tank/store. She can carry 4,000 litres of fresh water, her fuel capacity is approximately 12,000 litres. The main deck has an athwartships, steel casing centered aft of midships for galley, mess and washroom. Aft side has a steel shelter and integral gallow arrangement over net drums. Forward, a non-weathertight aluminium alloy shelter space for fish-handling and winch. Shelter deck has aluminium alloy wheelhouse, foremast and landing derrick, steel trawl gallows, aft crane with power block.