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The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Red Lancer LO442 as HMT Moonstone
| Official Number | 163938 |
| Yard Number | 592 |
| Launched | July 31 1934 |
| Gross Tonnage | 390 |
| Net Tonnage | 149 |
| Length | 151.9 ft |
| Breadth | 25.6 ft |
| Draught | 13.6 ft |
| Engine | 117 NHP T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull |
| Speed | 11.6 knots |
| Built by | Cook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1934 |
| Owner | Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood |
| July 31 1934 | Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.592) for Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull (E. Cargill, manager) as LADY MADELEINE (H85). |
| August 30 1934 | Completed. |
| January 27 1939 | Sold to The Admiralty (£18,333) and converted to a "Gem" class anti-submarine trawler. Renamed HMS MOONSTONE (P.No.T.90). |
| June 19 1940 | On patrol in the Red Sea (Bosun William Moorman), captured the Itallian submarine GALILEO GALILEI; towed to Aden by HMS KANDAHAR (P.No.F28). After repair submarine was commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS EUROPA. Restored and re-classed at Barrow |
| 1946 | Sold to Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Capt. E. D. W. Lawford DSO, manager). |
| 1946 - 1947 | Restored at Barrow. |
| January 1947 | Converted at Barrow-in-Furness for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F. |
| January 1947 | Renamed RED LANCER. Registered at London (LO442). |
| July 1963 | Company taken over by Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood. |
| January 17 1964 | Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd office closed. |
| January 1964 | Sold to Lacmots Ltd, Glasson Dock for demolition. |
| January 27 1964 | Delivered Glasson Dock. |
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