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My Dad did just 5 trips in her during 1951 and I show a typical trip from his logs.
Sailed 24/10/1951
Run off ESE 5 mls from Dowsing Buoy. Towed around and dropped buoy in 12 fth (22-49) 3 or 4 of plaice. Towed out to Inner Hole 1 tow down below it 3 plaice 3 Dabs 17 fth (25-58) Towed back up and dropped buoy in 20 fth got 2 plaice 4 lemons 8 dabs 1 whit 2 prime for 3 hauls. Towed in to Dowsing Hole and towed around got 8 roker 12 dogs 1 haul. Towed down to Dowsing buoy 5 roker 1 plaice 6 dogs.
Landed 1 /11/1951
Tally
plaice 42 lemons 6 dabs 4 prime 4 sprags 3 codling 12 whiting 3 roker 30 dogs 30 Total 134 kit made £767.
Janathull
I'm sure the bridge was always aft side but I have a photo of the Revello during war time service when the bridge is moved fore side of the funnel but after the war moved aft side again.
Bill
Sailed 24/10/1951
Run off ESE 5 mls from Dowsing Buoy. Towed around and dropped buoy in 12 fth (22-49) 3 or 4 of plaice. Towed out to Inner Hole 1 tow down below it 3 plaice 3 Dabs 17 fth (25-58) Towed back up and dropped buoy in 20 fth got 2 plaice 4 lemons 8 dabs 1 whit 2 prime for 3 hauls. Towed in to Dowsing Hole and towed around got 8 roker 12 dogs 1 haul. Towed down to Dowsing buoy 5 roker 1 plaice 6 dogs.
Landed 1 /11/1951
Tally
plaice 42 lemons 6 dabs 4 prime 4 sprags 3 codling 12 whiting 3 roker 30 dogs 30 Total 134 kit made £767.
Janathull
I'm sure the bridge was always aft side but I have a photo of the Revello during war time service when the bridge is moved fore side of the funnel but after the war moved aft side again.
Bill
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Janathull
I purchased the pic of the Revello (very similar to Ralco) as a HMT from the Imperial War Museum whilst doing family history as my Dad was on her in '41 when she was bombed and sunk killing 5 men although she was salved and served and fished again, eventually she foundered and sank once more in the North Sea 7/12/1959.
I don't want to fall foul of copyright so can't post.
But basically the mizzan mast as gone and the lifeboat, where the bridge was sitting on the galley and aft companion way is a gun of some type and forrard of the funnel where the winch is stands the wheelhouse with a smaller and very cluttered fore deck. This configuration could not be maintained on her return to fishing so all put back as was.
Bill
I purchased the pic of the Revello (very similar to Ralco) as a HMT from the Imperial War Museum whilst doing family history as my Dad was on her in '41 when she was bombed and sunk killing 5 men although she was salved and served and fished again, eventually she foundered and sank once more in the North Sea 7/12/1959.
I don't want to fall foul of copyright so can't post.
But basically the mizzan mast as gone and the lifeboat, where the bridge was sitting on the galley and aft companion way is a gun of some type and forrard of the funnel where the winch is stands the wheelhouse with a smaller and very cluttered fore deck. This configuration could not be maintained on her return to fishing so all put back as was.
Bill
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