This is the gavel that launched the M.T. Orsino from Yarrow's Shipyard at Scotstoun, Glasgow on the river Clyde 31th August 1966. Yarrow's were major shipbuilders on the Clyde for decades and are now part of the BVT Surface Fleet. The Orsino was a Stern Freezer Trawler and 1 of a class of 4 ships the others being Othello, Casio and Coriolinus. The Orsino took the St Finbarr under tow on Xmas day 1966 after a horrific fire in which 12 men lost their lives. She then acted as mother ship at Iceland after 3 trawlers were lost in 1968. In 1978 she sailed for Albany in Western Australia to fish the Great Australian Bight. She was sold for scrapping in 1984. Property of Robert Pool
Yarrow Shipbuilders Launch Gavel
Contributed by Robert Pool
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