The Andrey Markin
A Soviet Trawler, n.d.

The Andrey Markin in St. John's. This 2,327 ton factory fishing stern trawler was built in 1977 in the USSR. It is one of many trawlers of the former Soviet Union that have fished on the Grand Banks since the 1950's.

Courtesy of the Maritime History Archive (PF-001.1-M17a), Memorial University, St. John's, NL.

Source information updated February, 2009
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