Previous names
- 1948 - 1951 Ventura
- 1951 - 1958 Alison
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MFV RADIANT QUEEN was built in 1948 as VENTURA, a ring-netter, by Weatherheads of Cockenzie. She spent most of her working life in Scotland and Ireland as a fishing boat, where she was named ALISON between 1951 and 1958 and RADIANT QUEEN from then on.
In 1989 her fishing registry was cancelled and she was converted to a dive boat, operating in the Scapa Flow, where she was very popular amongst divers. In the late 1990s, the owners added a wheelhouse and saloon. In 2015 she was sold and used as a passenger vessel touring the Isle of Skye.
RADIANT QUEEN was sold again in 2020 and spent three years in Swansea Marina, where she was not maintained and unfortunately deteriorated. In November 2023, she was bought by GH Pill of Cornish Pleasure Cruises in Falmouth, Cornwall, where she is undergoing a structural refit. Work needed includes reframing, new decks, beam shelves and planking to put her back to her original standard and make her seaworthy.
Update, February 2025: Vessel for sale.
Key dates
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1949
Built by Weatherheads of Cockenzie, Scotland, as an MFV and named VENTURA
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1951
Name changed from VENTURA to ALISON
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1958
Name changed from ALISON to RADIANT QUEEN
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1989
Fishing registry cancelled, and converted to a dive boat, working in the Scapa Flow
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2015
Used as a passenger vessel in the Isle of Skye
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2023
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