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THE MEDIUM CATCHING TRAWLER SRT-129
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The medium catching trawler in the open sea. The 1960-s
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| The SRT-129 at the museum quay. 2008 |
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The Past…
The SRT-129 is one of the post-war period catching vessels; it is the only one preserved in the northwestern region of Russia. This type of ships (logger and logger-trawler) was first built in Germany in 1939-1944, then, in 1947-1949, they were finished and passed to the USSR as a reparation. Ships were aimed at herring catching in the North Atlantic with herring-drift and bottom trawl according to the scheme of side trawling from both of the sides. In 1952-1953 at the “Neptune” shipyard (Rostok) a small line of modified trawlers with riveted hulls was specially built for the Baltic Sea. Along with the delivery of riveted vessels, in 1949 USSR Ministry of Fishing Industry ordered GDR a large line of trawlers with welded hull including the SRT-129.
Ships of this type played a great role in catching during the postwar period. It was those ships that enabled Kaliningrad fishers to explore new fishing areas. It was those types of ships that formed a famous Kaliningrad fishing school; it was possible to make up to 11 % of all the country’s fish stock during the best years. New methods of catching, storage and processing of fish were implemented aboard the SRTs. About 60 scientific-research vessels (such as the Alexander A. Kovalevsky, the Academician Berg, the Miklukho-Macleay, the Shelf and many others) which contributed to the World ocean exploration were built on the basis of the SRTs.
Unfortunately, the SRTs built in the 1950-s could hardly be found nowadays. No ship of the fishing industry fleet is transformed into a museum.
Characteristics
Length – 38.5 m
Width – 7.8 m
Spar length – 17.35 m
Draught – 5.86 m
Displacement – 410 t
Autonomous navigation – 8 140 miles
Power of the main engine – 300 hp
Speed – 9 knots
Capacity – 110 t
Crew – 26 persons
The Present…
A museum exposition dedicated to the history of the fishing industry fleet and cabins for the “Captains’ Club” which has been working on the museum basis since 1994 will be located aboard the SRT-129.
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