The Bosun's Watch

Wartime visitor

Technical

Official Number: 137006
Yard Number: 630
Completed: 1914
Gross Tonnage: 220
Net Tonnage: 98
Length: 120.2 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Draught: 11.5 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Gt. Central Co-op Engineering & Ship Repairing Co Ltd, Grimsby
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

25.8.1914: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.630) for The Strand Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as FRASCATI.
2.10.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY315).
8.10.1914: Completed (H. C. Baker, manager).
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.49).
1919: Returned to owner.
10.1933: Sold to H. Markham Cook, London.
11.1933: Sold to Aldred Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (H. Markham Cook, manager).
10.1941: Sold to J. Bennett (Wholesale) Ltd, Grimsby (W. A. Bennett, manager). Fishing from Fleetwood.
29.9.1944: Last landing at Fleetwood.
8.1945: Sold to British & American Salmon Curing Co Ltd, London.
10.1947: Sold to Elkington Estates Ltd, Grimsby (C. Dobson, manager).
5.1952: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thomas Young & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for breaking up.
5.1952: Grimsby registry closed.

Wooden built
Copyright 2010 Barry Banham for FMHT

Technical

Official Number: 132358
Yard Number: ?
Completed: 1912
Gross Tonnage: 90
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 84.4 ft
Breadth: 19.4 ft
Draught: 9.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Elliot & Garood Ltd, Beccles

History

3.1912: Completed by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Lowestoft (Yd.No.) for James Pitchers Jnr, Gt. Yarmouth as MARY EVELYN.
15.3.1912: Registered at Yarmouth (YH704).
14.51915: Sold to Alex Keay, Fleetwood.
25.2.1920: Sold to William Bruce, St. Combs.
19.3.1920: Sold to William James Ballard, Ramsgate & Others.
7.6.1920: Yarmouth registry closed.
6.1920: Registered at Ramsgate (R333).
1932: Sold to William Sayer, Margate.
9.7.1932: Foundered quickly 10 miles W of Helwick Lightship, Bristol Channel after being involved in a collision with the Glasgow steamer SKERRIES (1258grt/1921) Bristol for Waterford. Five crew, Skipper, Mate, Bosun, Chief Engineer and Trimmer picked up by SKERRIES but despite search by boats from SKERRIES and Liverpool steamer MAKALLA (5781grt/1918), four men missing.
10.7.1932: Survivors landed at Waterford.
19??: Ramsgate registry closed

S. D/T. Mary Evelyn R333
Picture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Wartime Visitor

© Mike Thompson for FMHT with additional material by Maurice Voss

Technical

Official Number:
Yard Number: 977
Completed: 1925
Gross Tonnage: 338
Net Tonnage: 137
Length: 138.8 ft
Breadth: 23.8 ft
Draught: 13.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

6.8.1925: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.977) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MOUNTBATTEN.
29.9.1925: Registered at Hull (H225) (O.N.149020).
6.10.1925: Completed.
7. 1938: Sold to Pêcheries à Vapeur, Soc. Anon, Ostend (John Bauwens, manager).
16.7.1938: Hull registry closed.
21.7.1938: Arrived at Ostend in company with LORD WEIR (H280) (PRINCE de LIEGE (O83)).
1938: Re measured 46,50 x 7,50 metres – 324.40Bgrt 113n
27.7.1938: Registered at Ostend as GRAAF van VLAARDEREN (O92).
6.1940: At Dartmouth requisitioned by Belgian Marine Corps for evacuation at Dunkirk (Did not participate).
18.6.1940: Took part in evacuation of Cherbourg (Sk. Charles Vermeersch). Sailed for Plymouth.
6.1940: Transferred to Belgian Economic Mission, London. Fishing from Fleetwood.
16.9.1940: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z.239).
2.2.1946: Returned to owner.
10.1946: At Antwerp rebuilt with new bow section 148.2 feet – 375.36Bgrt 137n
16.10.1946: Returned to service after rebuild.
8.11.1950: Sailed for Hemiksem for conversion to a motor trawler.
195?: Re engined by St. Pieterswerf, Hemiksem with 4 stroke 6-cyl Carels oil engine 755bhp by Soc.d’Elec. et de Méc, Ghent (Engine No.9657.62). Re measured 391.89 Bgrt 159.82n
27.10.1951: Returned to service.
13.4.1965: Ostend registry closed.
5.1965: Sold to Brugse Scheepssloperij, Bruges for breaking up.

Sailing trawler/steam trawler/liner

Technical

Registered Part IV
Gross Tonnage: 22

History

Previously registered at Caernarvon (CO98).
Converted to steam.
2.1919: Sold to M. Blyth, Fleetwood.
26.2.1919: Registered at Fleetwood (FD5).
15.7.1919: Sold to ??, ??.
9.3.1920: Fleetwood registry closed “Broken up”.

In Fleetwood ownership. Did not fish from the port.

Wooden built.

Technical

Official Number: 138872
Yard Number: 37
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 117
Net Tonnage: 52
Length: 93.8 ft
Breadth: 21.5 ft
Draught: 10.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Burrell & Co, Gt Yarmouth
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft

History

1917: Completed by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.37) for James Johnson, Scarborough as FLO JOHNSON. Registered at Scarborough (SH325).
7.1917: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.3052). Based Portland.
1919: Returned to owner at Lowestoft.
7.1919: Scarborough registry closed.
10.7.1919: Registered at Lowestoft (LT451).
1927: Sold to The Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (F. E. Catchpole, manager).
21.3.1927: Registered at Lowestoft as ABIDING STAR (LT451).
1930: Re engined and boilered by Elliott & Garood Ltd, Beccles.
17.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service on Degaussing Service (P.No. FY.284) (Hire rate £26.0.0d/month).
1944: Sold to Bay Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
1946: Returned to owner.
1947: Sold for breaking up. Lowestoft registry closed.