The History Of The Ross Tiger 

Used to see her, along with many other GY trawlers in the 1960's, as I used to work sidewinders myself, it was the first adapted to Arctic fishing. I saw the Decca Navigator on the Ross Tiger, which was commonly used during that period & it derives from the Chain-Ho radar stations during the last war. Navigation maps cross - latticed with the 'Chains' from the Navigator signals, were used for positioning, but, the further North you were, the less accurate they become, in particular when you were that far North that the Norway 'Chain' signal was faint & atmospherics with the Earth's magnetism significantly affected readings. I remember the 'Red', 'Green' & 'Master' Chain dials clearly. Often the Chain dials were very unstable, indeed, pretty erratic, but then, we knew where we were, despite no daylight for virtually 3 months of the year, provided one could see above the clouds during the winter at temperatures that I experienced, below minus 60 degrees, with the upperworks iced up so much that hardly any features were recognisable. You could then look to the Pole Star to estimate position roughly of course we also used plot tracking as well, you could 'read' the ground below using charts & the echo sounders. When the trawl was hauled to the surface after 'knock-out, the cod end would break the surface, with gannets & gulls in a frenzy to catch their 'rations'. When the cod end was opened, the fish in the pounds, the Third Hand 's job was to re-tie the cod end(heaven help him if he got it wrong-losing a bag of fish), the trawl was then shot again, gutting then commenced, but in those conditions their stomachs & contents were frozen solid like lengths of timber.

Interesting! One of my favorite comedy vlogs is Lost in the pond. Lawrence hometown is Grimsby! I am enjoying the history you share

Dad was chief engineer on the Renown for yonks.

Ross renown

They ought to buy the Ross Revenge and refurb it back to a trawler, then people could see a proper deep water trawler.