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The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Wellvale FD140
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Picture courtesy of John Clarkson
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| Official Number | 148227 |
| Launched | 1918 |
| Gross Tonnage | 271 |
| Net Tonnage | 124 |
| Length | 125.7 ft |
| Breadth | 23.5 |
| Draught | 12.7 |
| Engine | T.3-cyl by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada |
| Built by | Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada, 1918 |
| Owner | Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd |
| January 1917 | Ordered. |
| 1918 | Launched by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada (Yd.No.) (Canadian "Castle" -"T.R." class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.28. |
| May 30 1918 | Completed and commissioned in Royal Canadian Navy. |
| January 31 1919 | Paid off and laid up. |
| 1920 | By Admiralty Order to Captain D. J. Munro on behalf of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness for reconditioning and lay-up prior to sale. |
| August 1926 | Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood. |
| September 22 1926 | Renamed WELLVALE (FD140) |
| 1927 | Sold to Edward D. W. Lawford, Milford Haven. Continued to fish from Fleetwood. |
| Pre 1933 | Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager). |
| 05/06/07 1933 | Chartered for by Italian Government to provide support for a trans Atlantic flight involving 20 to 30 aeroplanes. |
| September 12 1939 | Missing since this date. "Presume by enemy action". Believed lost off the Hebrides by U-boat action, but not recorded (U.35 was in the area); Sk. F. W. Sharp and twelve crew lost. |
| January 17 1940 | Fleetwood registry closed. |
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