The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Official Number: 134762
Yard Number: 265
Launched: December 11 1912
Gross Tonnage: 214
Net Tonnage: 88
Length: 117.2 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Draught: 12.1 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley, 1912
Owner: Alec Black, Grimsby

History
11.12.1912: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.265) for Alick Black, Grimsby as WARLAND.
12.1912: Completed.
25.2.1913: Registered at Grimsby (GY819). Fishing from Fleetwood.
25.3.1915: Sold to Alfred W. Baxter, Grimsby.
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service and fitted out for minesweeping and bomb throwing duties (Ad.No.1626).
25.9.1917: Sold to Sleight’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
7.11.1917: Sold to Walter H. Beeley, Grimsby.
1919: Returned.
30.3.1919: Sold to Thorganby Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
2.5.1919: Sold to Leopold D. Napier, Grimsby.
11.2.1920: Sold to Smithfield Trawlers Ltd, London (W. Goldstein, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
21.8.1922: Sold to Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
20.7.1926: Sold to Pelham Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
19.9.1928: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bart, manager).
1928: Transferred to Grimsby.
1935: Fishing from Fleetwood (Bowden Ramster, managing agent).
7.9.1936: Reported that Sk. F. Christian had been seriously injured and landed to hospital in Skaw, Denmark.
16.9.1938: Sold to Matthew J. McCabe & W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin (A. Williams, manager). Registered at Dublin (D125).
1939: Sold to W. M. M. Curtis, Dublin.
5.1940: Sold to Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Sir Alec Black, Bt, manager). Dublin registry closed.
5.1940: Registered at Grimsby (GY299).
24.5.1940: Sold to The Admiralty and fitted out to an anti-submarine trawler.
18.2.1942: Foundered in the North Sea after being damaged by German air attack (Sk. H.H. Firth RNR).