The Bosun's Watch
S. T. Brock FD47
Picture courtesy of John Stevenson
| Official Number | 136893 |
| Yard number | 583 |
| Launched | June 10 1914 |
| Gross Tonnage | 304 |
| Net Tonnage | 122 |
| Length | 130.4 ft |
| Breadth | 24 ft |
| Draught | 13.4 ft |
| Engine | T.3-cyl by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
| Built at | Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, 1914 |
| Owner | Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood |
| June 10 1914 | Launched by Smith's Dock Co Ltd, South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough (Yd.No.583) for Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. N. Ward & Son, managers) as BROCK. |
| August 01 1914 | Registered at Fleetwood (FD47). |
| August 1914 | Completed. |
| November 1914 | Requisitioned for war service and fitted as an armed trawler (Ad.No.927). |
| 1919 | Returned. |
| August 31 1939 | Requisitioned for war service and converted for minesweeping duties (P.No. FY.621). (Lt. Henry P. Granlund, awarded DSC for good service in HM Minesweeping Trawlers and Drifters). |
| 1945 | Returned. |
| 1945 | Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager). |
| 1949 | Sold for demolition. |
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