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The Bosun's Watch

Bulby FD147 at Cape Town





  
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Picture courtesy of Janet Hannah






 	  	  

 	  	  	
 	  	  	 

 	  	  	  

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Official Number 180327


Yard Number756


LaunchedOctober 08 1945


RegisteredJanuary 01 1946


Gross Tonnage 361


Length136.1 ft


Breadth25.2 ft


EngineCD Holmes developing 600 IHP


Speed11 knots


Built byCook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1945


OwnerSeddon Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood







		

    History
	



		

    1945
	Built for Seddon Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as BULBY (FD147).



July 27 1949
Sold to J. Marr & Son, Fleetwood


December 27 1953Sold to National Trawling & Fishing Co Ltd, Cape Town, SA.
 


April 20 1960Sank the former Hull trawler CAPE MATAPAN after a collision 2 miles off Cape Town.


1969Vessel stripped of re-useable parts.



December 1968Scuttled at Irvin Johnson Reef in False Bay to form an artificial reef.