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The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Loch Fleet FD43



Information courtesy of Gil Mayes



 	  	 

 	  	  

 	  	  	
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Picture courtesy of David Slinger





 	  	  

 	  	  	
 	  	  	 

 	  	  	  

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Official Number163963


Yard Number982


LaunchedJanuary 07 1935


Gross Tonnage443


Net Tonnage168


Length162.1 ft


Breadth22.1 ft


Draught12.9 ft


Engine99 hpT.3-cyl by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, Middlesborough


Built bySmith's Dock Co Ltd, Southbank on Tees, Middlesborough, 1935


OwnerDinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	



		

    January 07 1935
Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.982) for Hellyer Brothers Ltd, Hull as HAUSA.


February 04 1935Completed.  Registered at Hull (H158).


April 03 1939Sold to Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby A. W. Butt, manager).  Renamed VICTORIAN (GY94).


August 1939Sold to The Admiralty (£25,441) and converted to an anti-submarine trawler (P.No.FY.114).


January 1946Surveyed and restored at Glasgow and placed on disposal list.


1946Sold to Hull Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby.  Registered at Grimsby (GY151).


November 1946Sold to Loyal Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.


June 1948Sold to Loch Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.  Renamed LOCH FLEET (H569).


1949Sold to A. & M. Smith Ltd, Hull (Mark Hellyer & Graham Hellyer, managers).


1954Sold to Dinas Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Alfred J. Marr, manager).  Registered at Fleetwood (FD43).


March 08 1957In thick fog steamer GRACEHILL, (452grt/1918), Londonderry for Ayr light, ran on "Boiler Reef" to the west of Sanda.  Vessel holed, crew abandoned but could not pull away due to fog.  Trawler stoodby and using her radar guided Campbeltown lifeboat to ship; crew of ten saved and landed Campbeltown.


June 1959Company taken over by J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood.


July 02 1959Sold for to Van Heyghen Freres, Ghent for demolition.


July 06 1959Arrived Ghent.