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The Bosun's Watch
M.V. Captain Foley LO33
| Official Number | 302523 |
| Gross Tonnage | 434 |
| Length | 140 ft |
| Breadth | 28 ft |
| Draught | 13 ft |
| 6 cylinder 1230 hp engine | British Polar |
| Built by | John Lewis, Aberdeen, 1960 |
| Owner | Iago Steam Trawling Co later Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd |
| 1960 |
To Fleetwood as a new vessel.
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| 1972 |
Became BOSTON TRISTAR GY210 after Iago was acquired by Boston. |
| 1975 | Arrived at Richards shipyard, Lowestoft.
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| 1976 | Sold to Colne Fishing Co Ltd and renamed ST MARK LT 327. |
| 1980 | Converted for oil rig safety work.
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| August 06 1990 | Sank off Cromer after a collision with the tug VIKINGBANK.
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| Notes | The Cromer lifeboat, RUBY and ARTHUR REED II, was called to ST. MARK shortly before she sank on 6 August 1990. The lifeboat had been launched at 1620 Following a Mayday call from the vessel which had been in collision with a tug towing barges about 6 miles north east of the station.
The ten men aboard the casualty had taken to her own lifeboats and were picked up by another vessel which had been only four miles away when the collision occurred.
ST. MARK sank quickly, but she was in a busy shipping lane so the lifeboat stood by until she had
sunk completely at 2030, in 85 ft of water, before towing the ship's lifeboats ashore. Due to the heavy swell she was unable to re-house at Cromer and put into Great Yarmouth before returning the following day.
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