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The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Mandalay FD146



Information courtesy of Gil Mayes



 	  	 

 	  	  

 	  	  	
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Picture courtesy of the late Alan Hirst




 	  	 

 	  	  

 	  	  	
 	  	  	 

 	  	  	  

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Official Number95845


Yard Number53


Launched1890


RegisteredAugust 27 1890


Gross Tonnage148


Net Tonnage48


Length103 ft


Breadth20 ft


Draught11 ft


Engine50 nhp T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull


Speed10 knots


Built byCook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1890


OwnerBeeching Bros & Dyer








History




1890
Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.53) for George Beeching, Hull &  Thomas Kelsall, Manchester as MANDALAY .


August 27 1890Completed.  Registered at Hull (H105).


1896Sold to George Beeching & Co, Hull & Fleetwood.


January 1897Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Dyer, Fleetwood.


January 18 1897Registered at Fleetwood (FD146).


January 01 1899Sold to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Hull (J. E. A. Kelsall, manager).


May 12 1899Fleetwood registry closed.


1899Registered at Hull (H77).


October 22 1904The Dogger Bank Incident.  Damaged by Russian Navy Baltic Fleet while fishing on the Dogger Bank.  Russians on passage to the Pacific in the darkness opened fire on the trawlers (approx 45 vessels) under the impression that they were about to be attacked.


February 14 1908Stranded at Ravenscar in thick fog; all crew saved.  Vessel CTL. (Lloyd's List 24 Oct 1904)