The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Rudyard Kipling FD33
Information courtesy of Gil Mayes
| Official Number | 144068 |
| Yard Number | 686 |
| Launched | November 11 1920 |
| Gross Tonnage | 333 |
| Net Tonnage | 140 |
| Length | 138.8 ft |
| Breadth | 23.7 ft |
| Draught | 12.9 ft |
| Engine | T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull |
| Built | Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1920 |
| Owner | Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood |
| November 11 1920 |
Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.686) for Newington Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as RUDYARD KIPLING. |
| February 1921 | Completed. Registered at Hull. (H247). |
| May 1934 | Sold to The Sun Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Fleetwood. |
| October 16 1936 | Registered at Fleetwood (FD33). |
| September 16 1939 | Captured by U-boat (U.27) off West Coast of Ireland. Sunk by explosive charges at 15.53 in position 53.50N 11.10W after crew (Sk. Charles Robinson and twelve crew) ordered onto submarine; towed boat towards Irish coast. |
| September 17 1939 | Crew set adrift in early hours, 5 miles off Donegal coast and landed in Killybegs. |
| September 29 1939 | Fleetwood registry closed. |
| Note | Following the unfortunate DAVARA, RUDYARD KIPLING was the second British trawler sunk in WW2.
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