Shoal Fisher
Official Number
93421

Barrow shipowners James Fisher & Son bought twelve three-masted schooners from the Carrickfergus shipyard of Paul Rodgers, which later also supplied the Ashburners with the Result. The Shoal Fisher was one of the six steel schooners built by Rodgers for Fishers.

The  Shoal Fisher was sold by Fishers in 1920 to Grounds of Runcorn. In August 1932 she was sunk by collision with the tanker Telena at 48N 7.50W on passage from Lisbon to Megavissey with salt.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Shoal Fisher
 1883
 
 
 
 
 3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Michael McCaughan "Paul Rodgers, an Ulster Shipbuilder" Maritime Wales (1983) pp46-63.
  2. Research by Derek Blackhurst
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