H72 FRANK BONEFAAS looking for fish.

At this time of year, some of the big, UK registered big freezer vessels make their way west chasing fish, mainly mackerel.

The Frank Bonefaas HS72 is 119.0 meters long and 17.0 meters wide. It was built in 2011. She recently left the Dutch port of Vlissengen and steamed south through the English Channel and then headed for the Western Approaches...

once nearing the south coast of Devno, she appeared to hug the 12 mile limit closely before turning north between Lands End and the Scillys...

 

the big freezer trawler spent most of the last 12 months working in the North Sea...

after transiting the traffic separation zone off Lands End, she headed north east, well outside the 12 mile limit...

where, late in the evening on Sunday, she slowed and possibly shot her trawl and towed until around 2am when she appears to have hauled and resumed at steaming speed...

looks like she is now headed for the west coast of Ireland at a healthy 14 knots.