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The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Daily Herald FD101





  
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Official Number 143943


Admiralty Number 3745


Yard Number 645


Pennant numberFY. 636


Launched October 17 1917


Gross Tonnage276


Net Tonnage106


Length125.6 ft


Breadth23.4 ft


Draught12.6 ft


Armament1 x 12 pdr


Engine61 hp T.3-cyl by Bellis & Morcom Ltd, Birmingham


Built byHepple & Co Ltd, South Shields, 1917


OwnerSold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood








		

    History
	



		

    October 17 1917Launched by Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields (Yd.No.645) ("Castle" class) for The Admiralty as MATTHEW FLYNN.


February 23 1918Completed.


August 24 1920Registered by The Admiralty as a fishing vessel at London (LO435).


1922
Sold M. Francois, Boulogne (Altazin Frères, later Victor Fourny manager).


February 08 1922London register closed.


February 1922Renamed AMIRAL MARQUER


1930Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (F. Parkes, manager).
May 17 1930Renamed DAILY HERALD (FD101).


1935Sold to Thomas L. Devlin & Sons, Granton (T. L. Devlin, manager).


October 05 1935Fleetwood registry closed.


October 1935Renamed COMMILES (GN34).


August 1939Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No. FY.636).


October 1945Re-classed at Fleetwood and returned.


November 1946Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd, London (W. A. Bennett, manager).  Registered at Grimsby (GY390).


November 28 1947Sold  to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £12500.  Registered at Fleetwood (FD285). 


June 08 1949Sold to Anglo-Australian Fisheries (Pty) Ltd & Anglo-Australian Trawlers (Pty) Ltd, Perth, WA  (Ian L. C. McNicol, manager) for £15000. 


June 16 1949Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle, WA. 


September 16 1949Arrived Fremantle, WA.  To fish out of Albany.


1953Sold to Royal Australian Navy and sunk after use as a target.


Note(Matthew Flynn (or Flinn), Landsman (Volunteer),  age 22, b.  Dublin - VICTORY (SB160)