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Name: | Northern Belle |
Owner: | Northern Belle, Inc. |
Builder: | Blue Streak Industries |
Yard number: | SV35 (hull number) |
Completed: | 1979 |
Out of service: | April 20, 2010 |
Homeport: | Seattle, Washington |
Identification: | Call sign: WCV9983 USCG Doc. No.: 615387 |
Fate: | Sunk in the Gulf of Alaska, April 20, 2010 |
Notes: | Formerly Cortez |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Commercial fishing vessel |
Tonnage: | 95 gt |
Length: | 75.1 ft (22.9 m) |
Beam: | 24.1 ft (7.3 m) |
Depth: | 8.6 ft (2.6 m) |
Notes: | [1] |
The Northern Belle was a fishing vessel that sank in the Gulf of Alaska on April 20, 2010. Three of her four crew were rescued alive; her captain, Robert Royer, died before rescue teams arrived.[2]