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The Bosun's Watch
M.V. Wyre Victory FD181
| Official Number | 301881 |
| Yard Number | 951 |
| Launched | September 07 1959 |
| Registered | January 09 1960 |
| Gross Tonnage | 398 |
| Length | 140 ft |
| Breadth | 28 ft |
| 860 bhp engine | Mirlees Bickerton & Day |
| Speed | 11.7 knots |
| Built by | Cook Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1959 |
| Owner | Wyre Trawlers Ltd |
| 1959 |
To Fleetwood as a new vessel.
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| January 14 1976 |
While outward bound for Iceland vessel grounded on submerged rocks at Mill Rocks, west of the Isle of Rhum in the Inner Hebrides.
She subsequently drifted off and sank some 4.5 miles to the SE of Oigh Sgeir Lighthouse, after being abandoned in gale force winds.
All the crew were saved from liferafts by Wyre Conqueror. |
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