The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Official Number: 127405
Yard Number: 421
Completed: 1907
Gross Tonnage: 236
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 120 ft
Breadth: 21.7 ft
Draught: 11.6 ft
Engine: 70 hp
Built: Cochrane & Son, Selby, 1907
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith, Hull

History

24.9.1907: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.421) for William Jenkins & Isaac J. Jenkins , Milford Haven and James Hier, Neyland (William Jenkins managing owner) as DEWSLAND. 1.11.1907: Completed.
28.11.1907: Registered at Milford (M220).
11.12.1913: Manoeuvring in dock at Milford damaged stern, bulwarks and mizzen boom.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.2664).
1919: Returned.
10.4.1919: Sold to Maurice Wilkins & George Moreland, Manchester (c/o Joseph A. Taylor, Fleetwood, manager).
1921: Transferred to Aberdeen (Sam Isaacs (Aberdeen) Ltd, managers).
15.3.1923: Sold to Gerald Kellon, Dunsfold (William F. Goodwin, Grimsby, manager).
1925: Sold to John Wm. A. Potts & Lars J. Larsen, Fleetwood
6.11.1925: Milford registry closed.
9.11.1925: Registered at Fleetwood (FD64).
12.2.1927: In severe weather conditions stranded in Fleetwood channel.
27.10.1933: Fishing off Tiree on hauling in gale force winds trawl became entangled with propeller. Put in to Oban.
28.10.1933: Divers cleared propeller. Sailed Oban but shortly afterwards steam pipe fractured and returned to Oban for repair.
16.11.1933: Sold to Stanley Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Rochdale.
31.3.1937: Sold to G. Rollinson & Co Ltd, Manchester.
31.3.1937: Sold to Alexander Keay, Fleetwood.
31.1.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £6500.
13.6.1944: Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull for £12000.
5.7.1944: Fleetwood registry closed.
1945: Renamed DERNA (H84).
1945: Sold to East African Fisheries Ltd, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika Territory (Charles C. Johnston, London, agent).
1946: Used as cargo vessel between Mombasa and Tanga.
22.7.1954: Grounded on Niule Reef outside Tanga with cargo of petrol in cans.
27.8.1954: Salved and towed into Tanga for discharge.
30.8.1954: Towed to Mombasa.
14.9.1954: Sank at moorings at Mtongwe, Mombasa. No salvage attempted and abandoned.

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S.T. Dewsland FD64

S.T. Derna H84
Picture courtesy of Ally (shipsnostalgia)

S.T. Derna H84
Picture courtesy of The Mike Thompson Collection