Beam trawler Algrie PZ199
but for her early years she was rigged for both beam trawling and midwater trawling for the winter mackerel season- seen here in Penzance Dock under the 'digger' landing mackerel for fish meal...
under the watchful eye of Tony Stevenson, brother to owner Billy..
by the 1980s the Algrie, along with the Aaltje Adriante and the Anneliese were all beaming full time...
In 1982, the 70ft Algrie found her beam trawls attached to the nuclear attack sub HMS Spartan in the waters off Land’s End in 1982 and towed her for quite some time before the sub surfaced. Legend has it that, at first, the Navy via the coastguard, denied there was a submarine in the area! The Algrie was then ordered to cut free her gear before the sub moved on. It was understood to have cost £8,000....The Algrie and William Samspon Stevenson heading out through the gaps for the last time, ironically, David Hooper skippered both boats for much of his time with the Stevenson's...
the previous week saw the first of the James RH and the Lisa Jacqueline towed away to be scrapped - video courtesy of Stevenson's superintendent, Abbie Smith...