The Bosun's Watch
M.V. Wyre Captain FD228
Pictures courtesy of nicolina
Picture (as Loch Melfort) courtesy of Nicolina
| Official Number | 185142 |
| Launched | 1953 |
| Gross Tonnage | 514 |
| Length | 161 ft |
| Built at | Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1953 |
| Owner | Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood |
| 1953 | Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby for St. Andrew's Fishing Co. Ltd, Hull as PRINCE CHARLES (H249). |
| December 23 1955 | Ran aground in a snowstorm on the island of Socroeya, 60 miles west of Hammerfest, half the crew were saved, nine of them were lost, as was the pilot. She was salvaged, but the story was she had refloated herself and was found at sea, floating up side down, the lost men were all in the cabin. She was towed back to Hull |
| March 1956 | Refitted and re-named LOCH MELFORT, sold by St. Andrews to Loch Fishing Co. |
| 1964 | Registered at Fleetwood (FD228). |
| 1968 | Renamed WYRE CAPTAIN. |
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