The skipper, Charles Pitts, said that Icelandic seamen were becoming "more ambitious and dangerous in their tactics". On 30 April 1976 during the cod wars, she rammed the offshore patrol vessel ICGV Óðinn in the stern, after Óðinn had made three attempts to cut the Corsair's trawl warps. In 1973, she broke the world record for landing of cod and haddock from the White Sea.
Attempting to reach harbour in Wick she was beached in Sinclair Bay but eventually repaired and refloated. In September 1967 Arctic Corsair was holed on her starboard side in a collision off the coast of Scotland with the Irish collier Olive in thick fog. She was designed for the harsh conditions encountered in the Icelandic grounds, having a rivetted rather than welded hull. She was built in 1960, at Cook, Welton & Gemmell in Beverley, and was the second diesel-engined trawler built for the Boyd Line, the first being the Arctic Cavalier which was launched the previous month. The Arctic Corsair is Hull’s last surviving sidewinder trawler, a type of ship that formed the backbone of the city’s deep sea fishing fleet. Exhibits and guides aboard the boat tell the story of Hull's deep-sea fishing industry. She is temporarily berthed at Alexandra Dock in Kingston upon Hull, England, pending completion of a new permanent location in the city's Museums Quarter.
The Arctic Corsair (H320) is a deep-sea trawler, built in 1960, that was converted to a museum ship in 1999. 6-cylinder Mirrlees Monarch diesel engine
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