The Bosun's Watch
M.V. Captain Riou LO72
In Boston colours
Information courtesy of Gil Mayes
Picture courtesy of Kor (www.shipsnostalgia.com)
| Official Number | 187642 |
| Launched | 1957 |
| Gross Tonnage | 391 |
| Length | 115 ft |
| Built | Aberdeen |
| Owner | Iago Steam Trawling Co. Fleetwood |
| 1972 | Became BOSTON DEFENDER. |
| 1978 | Renamed GRAMPIAN DEFENDER and employed as ORSV. |
| Note | Reginald Clarke, 23, (skipper)on his maiden voyage as skipper of the CAPTAIN RIOU committed suicide, by drinking the contents of a fire extinguisher, around the 25th June off the Outer Hebrides. He had become depressed due to losing £500 worth of fishing gear and having a bad catch. He was brought back to Fleetwood on his first wedding anniversary. The inquest was in July 1959 |
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