with no obvious source. It is believed that the spirits may be associated with the previous use of the land that the museum occupies - a former timber yard - though some believe that the hauntings of the Ross Tiger are more likely to be due to former crew members or a particular ex-member of the museum staff that enjoys making his presence known. Investigators from television's Most Haunted have visited the ship. Previous Skippers Include but may not be limited to: Alfred Hodson Edward Hodson William H Hodson Walter Stokes George Drewery Alfred E Drury John G Drury J Daly Dennis Avery Arthur Bannard Jimmy Brown Peter Brown Alfred George Camburn George Chambers Jeff Colbert Charlie Cressie Frank Gilchrist James Gordon C Greaves John Major Harry Mitchell Lionel Huxford J. Yensen William Goddard Johnson Ronnie Slingsby James Hudson George Edward Pedersen (Took the Tiger on her maiden trip, Feb 1957) W. B Roach John Roberts D Sinclair Lennie C Smith Dennis Speck Sheldon Stoakes Gill Welbourn Chris Yensen The 'Cat Boats' Ross Tiger - February 1957 Ross Leopard - October 1957 (believed to have been recently dismantled in Ostend, Belgium) Ross Jaguar - December 1957 (Converted into a three masted tall-ship and renamed simply Jaguar) Ross Panther - April 1958 Ross Cougar - April 1958 Ross Cheetah - November 1959 Ross Lynx - February 1960 Ross Jackal - April 1960 Ross Puma - August 1960 (Wrecked off Hoy in 1968 - the only of the Cat Boats to have been lost, though all hands saved) Ross Genet - October 1960 Ross Civet - October 1960 Ross Zebra - November 1960. See also National Fishing Heritage Centre Ross Revenge Rainbow Warrior (1957) Arctic Corsair Hull's deep-water trawler and last survivor of its once great fleet to rival Grimsby Viola (trawler) Middle-water traditional 'bridge-aft-sider' trawler. In derelict condition with hopes of regeneration. Rinovia Steam Fishing Company Ltd. References Fishing vessels of the United Kingdom Trawlers Museum ships in the United Kingdom Ships built in Selby 1957 ships Ships and vessels on the National Register of Historic Vessels