S.D. Gervais Rentoul LT740 : The Bosun's Watch

S.D. Gervais Rentoul LT740

Additional material by Roy Breach and Barry Banham

Technical

Official Number: 132180
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 99
Net Tonnage: 42
Length: 87.2 ft
Breadth: 19.1 ft
Depth: 9.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Wm. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow
Built: George Smith Jnr, Buckpool, Buckie

History

wooden drifter

1916: Launched by George Smith Jnr, Buckpool, Buckie (Yd.No.) on speculation as GREEN PASTURES.
5.1917: Completed. Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.3108). Based at Peterhead.
1919: Returned to owner at Findochty (R. Tindall & Son, Buckie, agents).
1919: Sold to Joseph Wood, Portknockie & others.
1919: Registered at Buckie (BCK237).
22.11.1919: Sold to Lancelot Charles Harvey (32/64) and Robert Thomas Moore (32/64), Lowestoft (Robert Thomas Moore managing owner).
20.1.1920: Sold to John Victor Breach (22/64), George F. Spashett (21/64) & Ernest Edward Soloman (21/64), Lowestoft (John Victor Breach, managing owner).
1.1920: Buckie registry closed.
12.1.1920: Registered at Lowestoft (LT740).
15.2.1922: Sold to John Victor Breach (32/64) & G. F. Spashett (32/64), Lowestoft.
25.1.1923: Registered at Lowestoft as GERVAIS RENTOUL (LT740) (BOT Minute 1656/1922 dated 13.1.1923).
25.4.1925: Sold to Explorator Ltd (64/64), Lowestoft (John Victor Breach, manager).
8.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a patrol drifter (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
6.1941: Based Dover as an armed patrol drifter (Ty Sk. W. C. Barnaby RNR).
9.1941: Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties.
1.1944: John Victor Breach died.
9.4.1945: R. H. Self designated manager.
22.61945: Sold to The Don Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood).
5.1946: Returned to owner. Laid up.
29.6.1949: Sold to Margaret Sellons, Fleetwood (managing owner).
12.10.1949: Sold to Frederick William Braithwaite, Grange-over-Sands (managing owner).
1952: Sold Lacmots Ltd, Glasson Dock for breaking up.
1952: Lowestoft registry closed.