Margaret Of Ladram
BEAM TRAWLER
Margaret Of Ladram
BEAM TRAWLER
About
MARGARET oF LADRAM
The Margaret of Ladram is familiar to TV audiences after featuring in BBC 1’s Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch series, during which the skipper and his crew became stars of the show as they searched for Dover Sole, Monkfish, Cuttlefish and other traditional groundfish species.
Brixham port sales record holder twice, beam trawler, Margaret of Ladram works lighter modern trawl gear including the Sumwing with mesh sizes tuned to filter out juvenile fish and to avoid sand and rocks that older types of gear used to collect.
Vessel Stats
METHOD: Beam Trawler
CALL SIGN: 2EWU9
REGISTERED PORT: Brixham
HOME PORT: Brixham
PORT LETTERS: E198
OVERALL LENGTH: 29.86m
BREADTH:: 7.5m
YEAR OF BUILD:: 1998
CREW SIZE: 7
AREA FISHED: Area 7 / SW Approaches
FISH CAUGHT: Dover Sole, Plaice, Monkfish, Gurnard, Ray, Pout, Cuttlefish. other mixed fish
The Skipper and his crew are searching primarily for sole, monk, turbot, and he stresses that top-quality fish is what they want, so tows are kept to an hour and up to an hour and forty minutes as short tows contribute heavily to maintaining quality.
The 30 metre Margaret of Ladram has a 7.50 metre beam and was built in Holland in 1998. It joined the UK registry in 2015 from the Belgian flag. The full crew of nine work two trips at sea and one trio ashore rotation.
