Andrea gail

Anyone knows where I can find some more information about the Andrea Gail?

Or Lady Grace which is her real name.

Information like length and beam, or shape would be perfect!

//Jens

 

I don't know that you will find the leading dimensions, but if you want some insight into the layout and how the boat was used, read "The Hungry Ocean" by Linda Greenlaw. Proably at your local library.

 

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Name: Andrea Gail (Final Name)
Miss Penny (Original Name)
Port of registry: Gloucester, MA
Builder: Eastern Marina Inc. , Panama City, Florida
Completed: 1978
Out of service: October 28, 1991
Homeport: Marblehead, MA
Fate: Sank while steaming through the 1991 Perfect Storm (AKA the "Perfect Storm")
Status: Lost at sea
General characteristics
Type: Fishing Vessel
Tonnage: 93 tons
Length: 72 foot (22 m)
Speed: 15 Knots
Notes: Her sister ships are the Lady Grace and Hannah Boden.
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The Andrea Gail was a commercial fishing vessel which was lost at sea with all hands during the "Perfect Storm" of 1991. The vessel and her six-man crew had been fishing the North Atlantic Ocean out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her last reported position was 180 miles (330 km) northeast of Sable Island on October 28, 1991. The story of the Andrea Gail and her crew was the basis of the 1997 book The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger, and a 2000 motion picture film.

The Andrea Gail was a 72-foot (22 m) commercial fishing vessel constructed in Panama City, Florida in 1978. Her home port was Marblehead, Massachusetts.

She sailed also from Gloucester, Massachusetts where she would offload her catch and reload food, fuel and stores for her next run, she was originally named Miss Penny.

The last reported transmission from the Andrea Gail was at about 6:00 p.m. on October 28, 1991. Captain Tyne reported his coordinates as 44°00′N 56°24′W / 44°N 56.4°W / 44; -56.4, or about 180 miles (330 km) northeast of Sable Island. He also gave a weather report indicating 30-foot (9 m) seas and wind gusts up to 80 knots (150 km/h). His final recorded words were, "She's comin' on, boys, and she's comin' on strong". It was reported that the storm created waves in excess of 100 feet (30 m) in height, but it was not confirmed.

On October 30, 1991, the vessel was reported overdue. An extensive air and sea search was launched by the 106th Rescue Wing from the New York Air National Guard, United States Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard forces. The search would eventually cover over 186,000 square nautical miles (400,000 km2).

On November 6, 1991, Andrea Gail's emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was discovered washed up on the shore of Sable Island.

The EPIRB was designed to automatically send out a distress signal upon contact with sea water, but the Canadian Coast Guard personnel who found the beacon "did not conclusively verify whether the control switch was in the on or off position".

Authorities called off the search for the missing vessel on November 9, 1991, due to the low probability of crew survival.

Fuel drums, a fuel tank, the EPIRB, an empty life raft, and some other flotsam were the only wreckage ever found. The ship was presumed lost at sea somewhere along the continental shelf near Sable Island.

Jaleed

 

Jaleed, do you think this is accurate?

 

The Hannah Boden may be in Hyannis, Ma. fishing lobster. I fished for the late Bob Brown, the owner, briefly when I was a kid, and knew one of the hands that went down. His son is still in it. Dear Lord, thy sea is so great and my boat so small. May they rest in peace. Steven J. Scannell www.environmentalfisherman.com