The Bosun's Watch

In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number: 122716
Yard Number: 356
Launched: November 28 1905
Gross Tonnage: 242
Net Tonnage: 121
Length: 126.2 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Draught: 11.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons, Selby, 1905

History

28.11.1905: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.356) for North Eastern Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as ABRONIA.
8.2.1906: Registered at Grimsby (GY112).
9.2.1906: Completed.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.704).
1919: Returned to owner.
12.1919: Sold to Thomas W. Bascomb, Grimsby.
10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Bascomb sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
11.1935: Sold to T. C. & F. Moss, Grimsby.
26.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.734).
7.9.1940: Foundered in the River Thames (T/Skipper H. Kerrison, RNR). Five crewmen lost. Grimsby register closed.
1941: Salved and acquired by MOWT.
31.1.1947: Sold to J. R. Hepworth & Co (Paull) Ltd, Paull for breaking up.