The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Official Number: 146902
Launched: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 271
Net Tonnage: 123
Length: 125.7 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Draught: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by National Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ontario

History

1.1917: Ordered.
1918: Launched by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada (Yd.No.) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.23.
1.8.1918: Completed and commissioned in Royal Canadian Navy.
31.1.1919: Paid off and laid up.
1921: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro) for reconditioning and lay-up prior to sale. Brought over at The Admiralty’s expense.
8.1926: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Basil A. Parkes, Grimsby, manager).
10.9.1926: Renamed Fontenay (GY398).
1926: Re-measured 297g 88n
9.1926: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
9.1926: Sold to Pêcheries & Armements “La Rochelle-Océan”, La Rochelle.
2.10.1926: Grimsby registry closed. Renamed MARIE ROSELYNE. Registered at La Rochelle.
1936: Laid up.
1937: Sold to Soc. Nouvelle des Pêcheries à Vapeur, Nantes.
1937: Sold for demolition.