S.T. Warren GY1096 : The Bosun's Watch

S.T. Warren GY1096

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Additional information by Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 110867
Yard Number: 231
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 172
Net Tonnage: 62
Length: 100.0 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 11.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Beverley

History

31.1.1899: Launched by Cochrane & Cooper Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.231) for Queen Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as BUCKINGHAM.
7.2.1899: Completed.
8.3.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY1096).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Returned.
3.1930: Sold to Arthur Grant & Son Ltd, Grimsby.
8.1930: Registered at Grimsby as WARREN (GY1096).
10.1940: Sold to Shire Trawlers Ltd, London (William. A. Bennett, manager).
12.1940: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, London (William A. Bennett, manager).
1943-1944: Fishing from Fleetwood.
19.11.1943: Disabled on fishing grounds, steam drifter PATRIA (LT178) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
12.1943: Sold to The Wembley Steam Fishing Co (Grimsby) Ltd, Grimsby (A. G. Hamer, manager).
21.4.1944: Last landing at Fleetwood.
11.1945: Sold to Samuel Stewart & Co (London) Ltd, London (Samuel Stewart, manager).
1.1946: Grimsby registry closed.
11.1.1946: Registered at Lowestoft (LT117).
25.6.1946: Sold to Cranley Shipping Co Ltd, London (Robert George Frankis, manager).
12.5.1949: Sold to Cranbrook Shipping Co Ltd, London (Leonard Frederick Milton, manager).
4.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Tyne based shipbreakers.
16.4.1952: Sailed Lowestoft for River Tyne.
16.1.1953: Lowestoft registry closed.