The Bosun's Watch
M.V. Thrifty FD201
Picture courtesy of Peter Brady
| Official Number | 149228 |
| Gross Tonnage | 145 |
| Length | 145 ft |
| Breadth | 20 ft |
| Draught | 10 ft |
| Engine | 1 x 3 cyl AKD |
| Built by | Godreeders, Leiderdorp |
| Owner | Alvis Trawlers Ltd and, later, Norrard Trawlers Ltd |
| 1916 |
Built as drifter/trawler BALTIC IJM255.
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| 1919 |
Sold to Belgian owners and renamed FERNANDO. |
| 1928 | Sold to Dutch owners and renamed LIMBURGIA.
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| 1929 | Sold to S Allerton, R Read, & Frederick Spashett. |
| 1939 | Ownership transferred to Kittiwake Ltd.
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| December 1939 | Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper FY 1523. Based at Portland for sweeping in the Channel. Took part in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk, in May - June.
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| 1950 | Fitted as a motor vessel.
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| 1960 | To Fleetwood ownership. Previously registered at Lowestoft as LT152.
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| 1967 | Renamed CATHERINE SHAUN.
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