Billings Nordkap

[merlinParticipant @merlin]

 Does anybody know what the real name of the vessel or vessels  that the model Nordkap was based on.        It only states that the model was based on drawings of a typical fishing North sea Fishing boat built in an english yard in the seventies.

Merlin

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Hi Merlin

A few years ago I spent quite some time trawling (fogive the pun) through the records of east coast shipyards trying to find out the origin of the Nordkap with no success.

The nearest that I came was over this weekend when young Nick posted a picture of a trawler that looked just like the Nordkap.

Nicholas Lloyd wrote (see)

Hi Paul it’s a: Granton Motor Trawler, ‘Granton Merlin’ GN72 if thats any help i did a search and only found the one image.

Nick.

Paul

[merlinParticipant @merlin]

Hi Paul

Once again thanks to you. further research required I think gives me a starting point at least.      For interest ‘ Mercantic ‘ is slowly nearing completion after a complete restoration job, but this thing called work keeps getting in the way, Ah well such is life!.

Merlin 

[merlinParticipant @merlin]

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