The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Kingston Diamond FD84
Picture courtesy of Peter Brady
| Official Number | 167077 |
| Yard number | 651 |
| Launched | September 14 1939 |
| Gross Tonnage | 581 |
| Net Tonnage | 214 |
| Length | 178.1 ft |
| Breadth | 30 ft |
| Draught | 15.2 ft |
| Engine | 165NHP T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull |
| Speed | 12.8 knots |
| Built | Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley, 1939 |
| Owner | Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood |
| September 14 1939 |
Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.651) for Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull (E. Cargill, manager) as LADY MADELEINE (H243). |
| November 30 1939 | Completed. |
| January 24 1940 | Requisitioned for war service and converted for auxiliary patrol duties (P.No.FY.283). |
| June 1942 | Murmansk convoys PQ16 and PQ17. |
| November 14 1942 | Sold to Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull. |
| February 1946 | Reclassed at Newcastle. |
| February 13 1946 | Returned. |
| April 04 1946 | Renamed KINGSTON DIAMOND (H243). |
| December 1949 | Converted for burning oil fuel, F.P. above 150° F. |
| October 25 1963 | Transferred within the Associated Fisheries Group to Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. |
| 1964 | Registered at Fleetwood (FD84). |
| 1965 | Sold to Smith & Houston Ltd, Port Glasgow for demolition. |
| April 08 1965 | Sailed Fleetwood for Port Glasgow. |
| January 1966 | Still in course of demolition |
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