Chloe Of Ladram
BEAM TRAWLER
About
CHLOE OF LADRAM
Chloe of Ladram is one of the older beam trawlers in the fleet and operates year-round on groundfish, switching to cuttlefish for part of the winter, and with catches landed to the auction in Brixham. It has fished from Brixham since 1990.
Chloe of Ladram is a beam trawler with a long history behind it. Built in Holland in 1973, it came to to the UK in 1990 when it was bought a Brixham partnership of Malcolm Cook and skipper Chris Tooley, when Pete Boyce also joined the boat as a deckhand.
Vessel Stats
METHOD: Beam Trawler
CALL SIGN: MYTM8
REGISTERED PORT: Brixham
HOME PORT: Brixham
PORT LETTERS: BM201
OVERALL LENGTH: 28m
BREADTH: 7m
YEAR OF BUILD: 1973
CREW SIZE: 6
AREA FISHED: Area 7 / SW Approaches
FISH CAUGHT: Dover Sole, Plaice, Monkfish, Gurnard, Ray, Pout, Cuttlefish. other mixed fish
A serious fire on board in 1998 saw the boat become an insurance write-off and ready to be scrapped, when a new partnership was able to buy it from the insurer, repair the damage and get it back to sea. A major refit took place, with the wheelhouse rebuilt, the engine replaced and a new winch fitted, when its name was also changed to Chloe Olivia and the registration changed to BM-201. Since then it has been further refitted, with the gearbox renewed, a stern gantry fitted and the stern section enclosed to expand the crew accommodation.
