The Bosun's Watch

Sailing Trawler Secret FD161

Technical

Official Number: 5587
Completed: 1848
Net Tonnage: 20
Rig: Smack
Built: ??, Plymouth

History

Smack – trawling & lining

1848: Completed by ??, Plymouth as SECRET.
1854: Registered at Hull.
By1860: registered at Fleetwood (FD161).
1.1.1875: Owned by James Hazlitt, Fleetwood.
1.1.1883: Owned by William Fairclough, Fleetwood.
28.7.1888: Sold to William Fairclough, 23 Kemp St, Fleetwood (managing owner).
30.9.1904: Off Fleetwood in collision with steam trawler CITY OF MANCHESTER (FD193). Badly damaged and in view of age beyond economical repair.
21.10.1904: Fleetwood registry closed. Sold to be broken up.