The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Official Number: 149228
Launched: 1916
Gross tonnage: 139
Net Tonnage: 68
Length : 100.4 ft
Breadth : 20.5 ft
Draught : 9.8
Engine: T.3-cyl by NV Burgerhouts M & S, Rotterdam
Built: at Godreeders, Leiderdorp, 1916

History

1916: Completed by Gebroeders Boot, Leiderdorp (Yd.No.999) for De Witte Ster, IJmuiden as BALTIC. Registered at IJmuiden (IJM255).
1920: Sold to Societe Ananyme Pêcheries à Vapeur Zeester (Eloile de Mer), Ostend. IJmuiden registry closed. Renamed FERNANDE (O214).
1925: Sold to Roger Peltier, Fecamp (Union des Pêches Maritimes S.A., Ostend, managers).
1928: Sold to Limburgia-Visscherij Maatschappij, IJmuiden. Ostend Registry closed. Renamed LIMBURGIA (IJM54).
12.1929: Sold to S. G. Allerton, R. Read & Frederick Spashett, Lowestoft.
2.1930: IJmuiden registry closed.
27.2.1930: Registered at Lowestoft (LT152).
2.12.1929: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1523) (Hire rate £33.12.0d/month). Based Dover.
3.1944: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
by 6.1944: Sold to Small & Co Ltd, Lowestoft.
4.1946: Returned to owners.
10.4.1946: Sold to Kittiwake Ltd, Lowestoft (R. H. Self, manager). Later D. F. Cartwright MBE MC appointed manager.
1956: Re-engined with 300bhp 4 stroke 3-cyl oil engine by A.K. Diesels Ltd, Lowestoft (engine made 1955), Re-measured 145g 61n.
1960: Sold to Alvis Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Lowestoft registry closed. Registered at Fleetwood (FD201).
3.1967: Sold to A. Andrews, Fleetwood (with White Fish Authority (WFA) grant). Renamed CATHARINE SHAUN (FD201).
1968: Re-possessed by WFA, London and offered for sale.
1971(?): Sold for demolition.

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S.D. Thrifty LT152
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection

S.T. Thrifty FD201 after conversion to MV