Trawl-boat PTB-7167 / Plieninis tralbotas PTB-7167 - Lithuanian Sea Museum (Klaipeda, LT)
N 55° 42.789 E 021° 06.337
34U E 506635 N 6174159
Depicted steel trawl-boat PTB-7167 (Plieninis tralbotas PTB-7167) is a part of outdoor veteran-vessels exposition of the Lithuanian Sea Museum in Smiltyne, Klaipeda.
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Location: Lithuania
Date Posted: 07/14/2014
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Depicted steel trawl-boat PTB-7167 (Plieninis tralbotas PTB-7167) is a part of outdoor veteran-vessels exposition of the Lithuanian Sea Museum in Smiltyne, Klaipeda.
A steel trawler-boat is a motor fishing boat with a steel framework and used for trawl-fishing in the sea. Steel trawler-boats constituted a major part of the fleet of the former fishermen’s cooperative "Baltija". This fleet was established in 1959 by connecting "Banga" and "Baltijos žvejys" cooperatives. In 1973, fishermen’s cooperative "Baltija" owned 29 steel trawler-boats.
In 1978, fishermen’s cooperative sold this boat to the newly established Lithuanian Sea Museum. The trawler-boat was built in the German Democratic Republic in 1954. It is of the length of 18.4 m and of the width of 5.2 m. Displacement – 58 tons. Diesel engine capacity – 150 hp. The trawler-boats were used for fishing not only in the Baltic Sea, but also in the Curonian lagoon.