The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Official Number: 94024
Launched: 1896
Yard Number: 111
Gross Tonnage: 119
Net Tonnage: 30
Length: 95.0 ft
Breadth: 19.9 ft
Draught: 9.8 ft
Engine: C.2-cyl by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan

History

10.7.1896: Launched by Mackie & Thomson Ltd, Govan (Yd.No.111) for Caithness Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Wick (Daniel Wares Georgeson, manager) as FLEETWING.
1896: Completed.
1896: Registered at Wick (WK604).
1899: Sold to Sunderland Steam Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields (Thomas Melreose, David Bell & John Phillips).
1899: Wick registry closed.
1899: Registered at Sunderland (SD2).
6.1901: Sold to Thomas Davidson, Aberdeen (managing owner).
6.1901: Wick registry closed.
24.6.1901: Registered at Aberdeen (A419).
21.6.1902: Sold to Walker, Craig & Woods, Aberdeen.
1904: Sold to Thomas Davidson, Aberdeen (managing owner).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 51.0n under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve. Renamed FLEETWING II.
1919: Released and reverted to FLEETWING (A419).
1934: Sold to James Mair, Aberdeen & Others.
1936: Sold to A. M. Garden, Peterhead & A. Buchan.
1936: Sold to A. M. Garden, Peterhead. Fishing from Fleetwood (Alex Keay managing agent).
1937: Sold to Trawlers (IoM) Ltd, Douglas.
21.5.1937: Aberdeen registry closed.
5.1937: Registered at Douglas(DO6).
1939: Sold for breaking up. Douglas registry closed.