The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Official Number: 161474
Yard Number: 929
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 133.7 ft
Breadth: 25 ft
Draught: 13.6 ft
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd,
Engine: T.3-cyl by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough, Boiler by Blair and Co Ltd, Stockton

History

11.6.1930: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Stockton (Yd.No.929) for the Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd, London & Fleetwood (Edward D. W. Lawford, manager) as ADMIRAL SIR JOHN LAWFORD .
8.1930: Completed. Registered at London (LO42).
8.1930: Fitted with radio telephone.
29.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service and and fitted out as an examining vessel and later converted for minesweeping duties (P.No.FY.533) ) (Hire rate £167.11.10d/month).
1.1944: Fitted out for wreck dispersal duties (P.No. 4.415) and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy Landings; in readyness at Penarth.
11.6.1944: Sailed Plymouth for Normandy. Employed on wreck dispersal and anchor recovery work.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
1.1946: Returned .
12.8.1958: Sold to Milford Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (Ernest Johnson, manager).
21.8.1958: Registered at Milford (M224).
6.9.1958: Renamed Milford Admiral (M224).
19.10.1961: Milford Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Milford Haven (W. H. Kerr, managers) in liquidation.
12.1961: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward Ltd, Sheffield for demolition.
8.1.1962: Delivered Briton Ferry.
26.7.1962: Milford registry closed, demolition completed.

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Admiral Sir John Lawford

S.T. Admiral Sir John Lawford LO42
Picture courtesy of the JJ collection

S.T. Admiral Sir John Lawford LO42
Picture courtesy of Peter Brady