Kirkella trawler

British fishing vessel

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Kirkella trawler

History
United Kingdom
Name| Kirkella
Operator| UK Fisheries Limited
Acquired| June 2018
Homeport| Hull, UK
Identification| Call sign MACF3
Status| Operational

Kirkella is a British cod and haddock freezer trawler based in Kingston upon Hull, England. Part of the UK’s distant waters fishing fleet, the vessel was registered in June 2018, is 81 m (266 ft) long, has a 16 m (52 ft) beam, and measures 3,976 gross tons.[1] The crew's accommodation contains a gym and cinema.[2]

Kirkella's total annual catch fell within quotas agreed by the EU and Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Norway, but the vessel has been idle since January 2021. Normally fishing off-Norway is a large part of the catch, but after the UK's exit from the European Union, the UK government was unable to establish quotas directly with their Norwegian counterparts.[3][4]

Kirkella provided approximately 10 per cent of the cod and haddock consumed in fish & chip shops.[4]

Kirkella's main areas of operation are the Barents Sea, Greenland waters, NAFO (northwest Atlantic) and the Norwegian Sea. Each expedition takes four to six weeks.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal named Kirkella on 24 April 2019 in a ceremony attended by officers, crew and shareholders of Kirkella's owner, UK Fisheries Limited. Decked out in bunting and naval flags, Kirkella arrived at Greenwich on the day before, steamed under a raised Tower Bridge before turning opposite the Tower of London and then returning to moor at Greenwich, close to Cutty Sark Gardens.

Rolls-Royce Marine AS of Ålesund, Norway, designed the boat, with the CRIST shipyard in Poland building the hull and Myklebust Verft AS doing the fitting out.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Kirkella trawler". Retrieved 20 April 2019.
2. ^ Inside Hull's new fishing super trawler Kirkella BBC News, 25 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2021
3. ^ Brexit: Kirkella super trawler unable to fish since Brexit BBC News, 11 January 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021
4. ^ a b Brexit: Anger over government's failure to get Norway fishing deal BBC News, 30 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021
5. ^ "Kirkella – New Hull factory freezer trawler". Fishing News. May 23, 2019.

## External links

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* UK Fisheries Ltd (ukfisheries.net)
* Kirkella (marinetraffic.com)
* www.greatbritishfish.com