The Bosun's Watch

Sailing Trawler Petrel FD59

Technical

Official Number: 21483
Completed: 1866
Net Tonnage: 25
Rig: Cutter
Built: ??, Ringsend, Dublin

History

Cutter-trawling

1866: Completed by ??Ringsend, Dublin as PETREL.
1867: Registered at Galway, Co. Galway.
1.1.1875: Owned by Thomas Glover, Manchester.
1881: Registered at Fleetwood (FD59).
1881: Census at Fleetwood – John Roskel (37), b- Fleetwood, fisherman; Joseph Wolf (37), b-Blackpool, fisherman; Thomas Gregg (42), b-Liverpool, fisherman; William Gregg (14), b-Liverpool, cook.
By 1.1883: Owned by Nicholas Leadbetter, Fleetwood.
24.10.1887: Sold to ??, Fleetwood.
22.12.1894: In severe weather conditions wrecked off Gynn, Blackpool.
1895: Fleetwood registry closed.