The Bosun's Watch
S.T.Wyre FD132
Picture courtesy of John Clarkson
Information courtesy of Gil Mayes
| Official Number | 132402 |
| Yard Number | 463 |
| Launched | February 14 1911 |
| Gross Tonnage | 295 |
| Net Tonnage | 112 |
| Length | 130 ft |
| Breadth | 23 ft |
| Draught | 13.2 ft |
| Engine | 92 hp T.3-cyl by Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
| Armament | 1 x 12 pdr |
| Built by | Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, 1911 |
| Owner | Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood |
| February 14 1911 | Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.463) for Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. N. Ward & Son, Fleetwood, managers) as WYRE. |
| March 20 1911 | Registered at Fleetwood (FD132). |
| March 1911 | Completed. |
| April 1915 | Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties and fitted with hydrophone (Ad.No.962). |
| 1919 | Returned. |
| June 1940 | Requisitioned for war service and converted for boom defence duties (P.No. Z.198). |
| 1942 | Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (W. A. Bennett, manager). Based at Fort William (D. MacBrayne Ltd, Glasgow, agents). |
| August 1945 | Returned. |
| 1947 | Sold to Eastburn (Fishing) Ltd, Aberdeen (G. Murray, manager). Renamed EASTBURN (A351). |
| 1950 | Sold for demolition. |
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