The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Northern Dawn LO136
Picture courtesy of Nicolina (shipsnostalgia.com)
| Official Number | 164717 |
| Yard Number | 548 |
| Completed | July 1936 |
| Gross Tonnage | 655 |
| Net Tonnage | 265 |
| Length | 188.1 ft |
| Breadth | 28.1 ft |
| Draught | 15.5 ft |
| Engine | T.3-cyl & LP turbine with DR gearing & hydraulic coupling by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde. |
| Built | Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde, 1936 |
| Owner | MacLine Ltd, London |
| 1936 |
Ordered by Lever Brothers Ltd (Unilever) to absorb frozen credits in Germany. |
| July 1936 | Completed by Deutsche Schiffs und Maschinenbau AG Seebeck, Wesermünde (Yd.No.548) for MacLine Ltd, London (Lever Brothers Ltd, Port Sunlight) as NORTHERN DAWN (LO136). Operating out of Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager). |
| October 1937 | Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager). |
| August 1939 | Sold to The Admiralty (£33,088) and converted for anti-submarine duties (P.No.FY.146). |
| March 1942 | Transferred on loan to US Navy. |
| October 1942 | Returned to Royal Navy and operated in South Atlantic based at Cape Town. |
| February 1946 | Sold to Northern Trawlers Ltd, London (H. Markham Cook, Grimsby, manager). |
| June 1946 | Surveyed at Birkenhead. Registered at Grimsby (GY289). |
| Pre 1959 | John Bennett became manager. |
| Pre 1963 | John A. Butt became manager. |
| 1963 | Sold to Clayton & Davie Ltd, Dunston-on-Tyne for demolition. |
| March 27 1963 | Delivered Tyne. |
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