Penzance Registered Luggers and MFVs

A selection of accounts of Penzance registered luggers and motor fishing vessels

16 June 2023

PZ.190 Eliza Jane

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 […]
1 March 2023

PZ.594 Prima Donna

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 […]
16 August 2022

47.PZ Elsie Kerr

Elsie Ker ~ 47.PZ : pre 1869-1888. We know little enough about the Newlyn lugger Elsie Ker, beyond the fact that she existed, and fished the […]
3 August 2022

PZ.361 Edith & Ethel

Edith & Ethel ~ PZ.361 1888-1914. Edith & Ethel ~ LT.320 1914-1924. Edith & Ethel ~ PH.14 1924-1931. Edith & Ethel ~ PZ.361. Built at Newlyn […]
3 August 2022

PZ.230 Telephone

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 […]
3 August 2022

PZ.85 Alpha

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 […]
29 July 2020

PZ.613 Hawa Dilli

Hawa Dilli  – PZ.613 : 1935 – 1962ex- Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916ex- Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935; In the winter of 1935, the Penzance registered […]
29 July 2020

PZ.613 Orion

Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935Ex – Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916Hawa Dilli – PZ.613 : 1935-1962. In the Summer of 1916 the Newlyn lugger Albania was […]
28 July 2020

PZ.613 Albania

Albania – PZ.613 : 1897-1916;Orion – PZ.613 : 1916-1935;Hawa Dilli – PZ.613 : 1935-1962.[Official No. 164791; 1935] The Albania, was one of the finest first class […]