S.T. Wasp FD169 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Wasp FD169

Additional material courtesy of Holger Munchaus Petersen

Technical

Official Number: 98707
Yard Number: 13
Completed: 1890
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 49
Length: 100.5 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan

History

14.10.1890: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.13) for British Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as WASP.
1890: Completed (William L. Robins, manager).
1.12.1890: Registered at Hull (H112).
1891: New boiler.
8.11.1912: Sold to James Alexander Robertson, Fleetwood.
15.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
16.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD169).
7.12. 1912:
11.1912: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager).
1914: Re-measured 160g.
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 55.16 net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
28.6.1914: Fleetwood registry closed.
7.1914: Sold to Sven P. Larsson, Malmö for £1350. Renamed GUNNAR.
1927: Laid up owners not recorded.
1928: Sold to Rob Schou, Frederickshaven, Denmark.
1929: Sold for breaking up. Cut down to a lighter. Sold to Peters & Albeck, Copenhagen. Renamed P.A.4.
1940-1943: A number of unrecorded sales as a lighter.
1943: Converted to a motorship. Renamed TAJO.
1943: Engined with a 2 stroke 4-cyl oil engine by A/S Fredrikshavns Maskfbk, Fredrikshavn.
1943: Re-measured 173g 89n 30.91 (101.4) x 6.25 (20.7) x 2.87 (9.4) feet.
8.1944: Sold to Kähler & Braum, Køsor.
6.1946: Sold to Sandvad & Co, Copenhagen. Registered as a fishing vessel at Copenhagen as ABBA (K.126).
1.1953: On passage Kopervik to Ålesund in ballast.
18.1.1953: A lifeboat marked ABBA was found near Marøy in Norway. Vessel presumed foundered.