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Cotswold Prince
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Built in Wallsend, she is powered by one 2460hp English Electric Ruston diesel, producing a service speed of 13.5 knots.
She has one 20 tonne derrick, one 10 tonne derrick and two 5 tonne derricks.
After sailing as one of the 'Prince Line' vessels in the UK, she was acquired for the Pacific Island trade as "Fijian", and after a spell on the New Zealand coast as "Onehunga", returned to the island trade and her former name.
The wheel turned full circle when she was renamed "Cotswold Prince" in mid-1989, and she continued to trade to Fiji, Norfolk Island and New Caledonia for Rona Shipping Ltd until March 1992, when she was laid up in Nelson looking rather the worse for wear.
Her final days were rather interesting. After being purchased by LD Marine, such was her condition that she was granted a single voyage permit to cross the Tasman, setting off on 22 January 1993 for Launceston, where a refit was planned.
They got as far as completing the sandblasting, with "Cotswold Prince" eventually moved to an anchorage in the middle of the Tamar River, a site which didn't exactly please those overlooking the water, especially when she literally sat there for years!
Eventually she set sail for India on 21 July 2004, but broke down en route, spending six weeks in Albany, Western Australia, while parts were sourced - from a derelict trawler being prepared for a dive wreck!
She finally reached Mumbai, where she was broken up in mid-October 2004 - refer also to "Fijian" and "Onehunga".
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