Flying Dutchmen go West.

Three of the biggest Dutch freezer trawlers are seen here on the VesselTracker AIS heading west, south side of the Isles of Scilly.........

freezer trawlers like these were a regular sight in the days before the mackerel box was imposed in the Western Approaches........

as can be seen here as the Scillonian III passes a couple of Dutch freezers anchored in Mount's Bay while they process (freeze) their night's catch........

at the time the Dirk, at anchor, was the largest fishing vessel in the world.