The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Teroma FD17
Picture courtesy of Peter Barker.
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Fleetwood Docks in the '30s. The Marr trawler TEROMA
is seen moored under the coal flyers. In the background a trawler is on one of the two slipways. The trawler inboard of Teroma could be FD 300, Aurea, owned by Brooklyn fishing Co.
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| Admiralty Number | 3829 |
| Official Number | 143833 |
| Gross Tonnage | 276 |
| Length | 125.2 ft |
| Breadth | 23.4 ft |
| Draught | 12.6 ft |
| Built by | Rennoldson, South Shields, 1918 |
| Owner | J Marr & Sons Ltd. |
| Armament | 1 x 12 pdr |
| Admiralty Pennant (WWII) | FY527 |
| 1918 |
Built as Admiralty Castle ISAAC HEATH.
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| February 28 1929 |
Bought by J Marr from Brand & Curzon Ltd and renamed TEROMA
Ex RYLSTON. |
| 1939 - 1945 | Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper FY.527.
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| 1943 | 41st M/S group based at Grimsby. |
| 1945 | 40th M/S group based at Grimsby.
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| 1945 | Returned to owners.
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| 1953 | Sold to Mason Trawlers Ltd.
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| 1958 | Scrapped.
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