Penzance Registered Luggers and MFVs

Westward FY.229 Maid Marion PZ.61. Built at Mevagissey by Percy Mitchell, and completed in October 1925, the details of her and her ownership as a Sea […]

Penrose ~ PZ.105 : 1940-1959 Westward Ho ~ PZ.105 : 1959-1967 (Bonnie Girls ~ FY.179 : ?1945?) The Penrose was built at Looe in 1911, but […]

Eliza Jane ~ 190.PZ : 1877-1887Eliza Jane ~ PZ.190 : 1887-1903Eliza Jane ~ SS.190 : 1903-1909Eliza Jane ~ N.23 : 1909-1913 [?] Silas Bath, 1877-92. The […]

Prima Donna – PH. 13 (O. No. 78097) 1876-1896 then Prima Donna PZ.594 from 1896- 1910 So much research, initially triggered by a simple query, is […]

Telephone ~ 230.PZ: 1878-1889; PZ.230: 1889-1916. The Newlyn based fishing lugger Telephone, was registered as a Sea Fishing Boat, in the registers kept by the Penzance […]

Alpha – PZ.85 : 1872-1925. The Alpha~PZ.85,was one of the new generation of Mount’s Bay mackerel drivers, introduced in the early 1870’s, after the completion of […]

Hawa Dilli  – PZ.613 : 1935 – 1962ex- Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916ex- Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935; In the winter of 1935, the Penzance registered […]