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The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Coot H897 as Manihine

Technical

Official Number	123276
Yard Number	88
Launched	August 1906
Gross Tonnage	172
Net Tonnage	65
Length	110.2 ft
Breadth	21.2 ft
Draught	11.2 ft
Engine	60 hp T.3-cyl by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built by	Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Goole, 1906
Owner	Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Hull

History

August 1906	Launched by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole (Yd.No.88) for Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Hull as COOT.
September 04 1906	Registered at Hull (H897).
November 1914	Requisitioned for war service and converted for bomb throwing and minesweeping duties (Ad. No.420).
March 1917	Converted to "Q" ship under names BURMAH, DORA, KIA ORA and LORNE.
November 1918	Reverted to minesweeping role as COOT.
1920	Returned.
1924	Transferred to Fleetwood (John Slater, manager).
1930	Delete manager.
March 06 1936	Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd in voluntary liquidation.
1937	Laid up in Fleetwood.
1937	Sold to The Hewett Fishing Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Robert S. Hewett, manager).
October 18 1937	Hull registry closed ("Ceased fishing").
May 1938	Sold to J. & A. Lumb, ?? for conversion to a private vessel. Renamed DORADE II.
1938	Re-engined with twin National Coal & Gas Co. 6 cyl. diesel. 440 hp.
September 01 1939	Requisitioned for war service and converted harbour defence patrol duties (P.No.4.340). Based Reykjavik, Iceland.
October 02 1941	Compulsorily acquired by M.O.W.T.
1945	Returned.
1946	Sold to Major H. W. Hall, ?? And converted to a research and survey vessel. Renamed MANIHINE.
1955	Sold to Government of the Colony of Singapore, Singapore.
1961	Sold to East African Marine Fisheries Organisation, Zanzibar.
1964	Sold to East African Common Services Organisation, Mombasa.
1965	Managers became Southern Line Ltd, Mombasa.
1976	Sold to Institute of Marine Sciences, Zanzibar.
1978	Laid up in Zanzibar with no maintenance.
June 15 1979	Sold to ??,?? And used as a coaster on the East African coast.
198?	Laid up and abandoned at Dar es Salaam.
1992	Stripping commenced.
1997	Demolition complete.
Note	After the war she was purchased by Major H.W. Hall and renamed Manihine. During the next eight years the ship was used for research as far away as the Red Sea before being sold once more to Singapore as a fisheries research vessel. The ship changed hands for One Pound in 1961 and sailed for East Africa to join the East African Marine Fisheries Organisation based in Zanzibar. Three years later ownership was transferred to the East African Common Services Organisation based in Kenya. In 1965, management and maintenance were undertaken by Southern Line and Southern Engineering at Mombasa until 1976 when the vessel was sold to the Institute of Marine Sciences and based in Zanzibar. During the course of its research program the ship ranged far and wide across the Indian Ocean, and at one time went in search of the fabled Coelacanth. Laid up in Zanzibar, the vessel became derelict and eventually grounded. In May 1979, the ship was put up for sale by tender the bids closing on 15 June. After an overhaul the ship returned to service as a coastal trader before being beached in Dar es Salaam. In 1992 the ship was deleted from Lloyds Register and demolition began soon after. The remains finally disappeared in 1997.