The Bosun's Watch
S. T. Commandant Bultinct O95
Information courtesy of Gil Mayes
Wrecked at Rossall
Pictures courtesy of David Shuttleworth
| Official Number | 128753 |
| Yard Number | 466 |
| Launched | March 30 1911 |
| Gross Tonnage | 220 |
| Net Tonnage | 85 |
| Length | 117.4 ft |
| Breadth | 21.6 ft |
| Draught | 11.8 ft |
| Engine | T.3-cyl by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough |
| Built | Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, 1911 |
| Owner | Hesketh Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood |
| March 30 1911 | Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.466) for Thomas G. Hancock, Hakin, Milford Haven as MARLOES. |
| May 1911 | Completed. Registered at Milford (M76). |
| 1914 | Sold to Hancock & Harries Ltd, Milford Haven. |
| August 1914 | Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.15). |
| 1919 | Returned. |
| 1919 | Sold to Hesketh Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Taylor & Tomlinson Ltd, manager). |
| May 21 1919 | Milford registry closed. |
| May 21 1919 | Registered at Fleetwood (FD170). |
| 1922 | Managers became Joseph A. & Harold Taylor, Fleetwood. |
| 1924 | Sold to Seafield Trawling Co, Fleetwood (William J. Morley, manager). |
| 1926 | Sold to Cie Belge de Pêcheries Maritimes, Ostend. |
| August 05 1926 | Fleetwood registry closed. |
| August 1926 | Renamed COMMANDANT BULTINCK (O95). |
| Pre 1927 | Sold to Société Anonyme Pêcheries á Vapeur, Ostend (John Bauwens, manager). |
| October 03 1929 | Homeward to Ostend (Sk. Gerwia Van den Bergen) after fishing off Isle of Man, driven off course in a hail storm gusting 70mph, rain, thunder & lighning, stranded on Rossall Beach in the early hours; three crew members lost attempting to get ashore for help (Fratsaert Celestina, Mate; Pieter Luyens, deckhand and Willie Van den Yper, deck boy). Broken up in situ. |
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