Arctic Corsair
{{Short description|Museum ship in Kingston upon Hull, England}}
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The Arctic Corsair (H320) is a deep-sea trawler, built in 1960, that was converted to a museum ship in 1999. She is temporarily berthed at Alexandra Dock in Kingston upon Hull, England, pending completion of a new permanent location in the city's Museums Quarter. Exhibits and guides aboard the boat tell the story of Hull's deep-sea fishing industry.
Description
The Arctic Corsair is Hull’s last surviving sidewinder trawler,
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|title=Arctic Corsair
|last=Hull City Council
|year=2009
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a type of ship that formed the backbone of the city’s deep sea fishing fleet. She was built in 1960, at Cook, Welton & Gemmell in Beverley, and was the second diesel-engined trawler built for the Boyd Line, the first being the Arctic Cavalier which was launched the previous month. She was designed for the harsh conditions encountered in the Icelandic grounds, having a rivetted rather than welded hull.{{cite news|url=http://www.newsuk.co.uk/newsuk/quickSearchDisplayRecord.do?SortType=reverseChronological&PageSize=25&ItemNumber=1&QueryType=quickSearch
|title=A trawler built to withstand harsh conditions
|date=24 September 2007
|work=Hull Daily Mail
|publisher=Northcliffe Electronic Publishing
|access-date=19 March 2009}}
History
In September 1967 Arctic Corsair was holed on her starboard side in a collision off the coast of Scotland with the Irish collier Olive in thick fog. Attempting to reach harbour in Wick she was beached in Sinclair Bay but eventually repaired and refloated.
In 1973, she broke the world record for landing of cod and haddock from the White Sea.
On 30 April 1976 during the cod wars, she rammed the offshore patrol vessel {{ship|ICGV|Óðinn||6}} in the stern, after Óðinn had made three attempts to cut the Corsair's trawl warps.{{cite news
|title=Holed trawler 'in no danger' after collision
|date=1 May 1976
|issue=59693
|work=The Times
|page=4
}} The skipper, Charles Pitts, said that Icelandic seamen were becoming "more ambitious and dangerous in their tactics". With his ship holed below the waterline, and patched up temporarily by the Royal Navy, Pitts decided to head for home for permanent repairs.{{cite news
|title=Britain lays claim to 50 miles of fishing rights
|last=Hornsby
|first=Michael
|first2=Hugh
|last2= Clayton
|date=5 May 1976
|issue=59696
|work=The Times
|pages=1, 5
}} Arctic Corsair was out of action for several months. In 2017, the vessels, now both museum ships, exchanged their bells as a gesture of cooperation.{{cite news |title=Cod Wars fishing vessels to exchange bells in cooperation gesture |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-39031301 |access-date=20 December 2019 |work=BBC News |date=20 February 2017}}
In 1978 she was converted for midwater trawling, and in 1981 laid up at Hull. In 1985 she was taken out of retirement and reconverted for normal fishing. She was renamed Arctic Cavalier in 1988.
Museum ship
File:The Arctic Corsair Trawler - geograph.org.uk - 6227959 (cropped).jpg ahead of restoration, August 2019]]
In 1991, a campaign led by Adam Fowler of fishing heritage group STAND secured £45,000 from the DTI Hull Task Force which enabled Hull City Council to purchase the trawler in 1993. The vessel immediately reverted to Arctic Corsair, and was berthed between Drypool Bridge and Myton Bridge in the River Hull as a museum ship.
After being restored by trainees and volunteers from the STAND, the floating museum opened to the public in 1999. STAND entered into partnership with the City Council to provide volunteers to maintain and act as tour guides. Today, the floating museum is run entirely by volunteers but supported by Hull City Council. Arctic Corsair is temporarily closed during restoration work.{{cite web |title=Arctic Corsair |url=https://www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com/Hull-Arctic-Corsair/details/?dms=3&venue=2175811 |website=Visit Hull and East Yorkshire |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125115607/https://www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com/Hull-Arctic-Corsair/details/?dms=3&venue=2175811 |archive-date=25 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}
In June 2018, it was announced that she was to move to dry-dock in September 2018 while flood defence work is undertaken on the River Hull.{{cite news
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-44414086
|title=Historic Hull trawler prepares to be moved to museum
|date=8 June 2018
|work=BBC News
|publisher=BBC
|access-date=8 June 2018}} This was delayed while other flood defence work was undertaken but on 4 August 2019 was she moved to a temporary berth in Alexandra Dock.{{cite news
| url = https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/arctic-corsair-moving-river-hull-3092548
| title = Date announced for Arctic Corsair's historic move on the River Hull
| date = 15 July 2019
| work = Hull Daily Mail
| access-date = 28 July 2019}}{{cite news
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-49227883
| title = Arctic Corsair moved from home of 20 years
| date=4 August 2019
| work = BBC News
| access-date = 4 August 2019}}{{cite AV media
| date = 4 September 2019
| title = Emotional send off for Hull's Arctic Corsair
| trans-title =Arctic Corsair Move
| medium = online video
| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI6h_mX5Dkc&feature=emb_logo
| publisher = wearestoryboard.co.uk
| access-date = 13 November 2019
}} Later she will move to a new permanent berth in the redeveloped North End Shipyard in Dock Office Row as part of the Hull Maritime City project, back in the Museums Quarter;{{cite web |title = The North End Shipyard |url = https://maritimehull.co.uk/projects/the-north-end-shipyard |website = Hull: Yorkshire's Maritime City |publisher = Hull City Council |accessdate=20 December 2019}} initial groundwork on the shipyard's visitor centre commenced in November 2022.{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Deborah |date=24 November 2022 |title=Work starts on major new maritime visitor attraction beside River Hull |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/work-starts-major-new-maritime-7860075 |work=Hull Daily Mail |access-date=6 December 2022}} On 6 October 2021, she was moved by two tugs to Dunston's shipyard to undergo restoration work.{{cite news
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-58832770
| title = Arctic Corsair: Famous Hull trawler towed to new berth
| date = 7 October 2021
| work = BBC News
| accessdate = 7 October 2021}}
See also
- Middle-water trawler Ross Tiger, last surviving vessel of the rival fleet across the Humber at Grimsby
- Viola (trawler) Middle-water traditional 'bridge-aft-sider' trawler. In derelict condition with hopes of regeneration.
References
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External links
{{commons category|IMO 5022340|Arctic Corsair}}
- [http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,631133&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL "Arctic Corsair"] - Hull City Council
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Category:Fishing vessels of the United Kingdom
Category:Museum ships in the United Kingdom
Category:Museums in Kingston upon Hull
Category:Museums established in 1999
Category:Ships and vessels on the National Register of Historic Vessels