The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4133
Yard Number: 547
Official Number: 137618
Launched: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 96
Net Tonnage: 41
Length: 86.2 ft
Breadth: 18.5 ft
Draught: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by A. Hall & co Ltd, Aberdeen
Built: A. Hall & co Ltd, Aberdeen, 1919

History

1919: Launched by A. Hall & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.547) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as PAMPERO.
10.1919: Sold to Arthur James Larner, Caister on Sea.
1.11.1919: Completed as EDALBA.
15.11.1919: Registered at Yarmouth (YH218).
26.11.1919: Sold to Edward A. Baker, Gt. Yarmouth (48 shares) & Arthur James Larner, Caister on Sea (16 shares) (64 shares). Seasonal trawling from Fleetwood.
20.5.1922: Sold to E. A. Baker, Gt. Yarmouth.
21.9.1922: Sold to Martin Gardner, H. Gardner, D. Carstairs, Cellardyke & W. Wilson, North Shields.
16.10.1922: Yarmouth registry closed.
10.1922: Renamed ACORN (KY194).
By 1939: Sold to Agnes & Thomas Gardner, Cellardyke.
23.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service. Employed on miscellaneous Naval duties (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month).
1944: Sold to North Shore Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (B. A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
1946: Sold to Government of Poland, Warsaw (Ministry of Industry & Commerce) (“Dalmor” Przedsiobiorstwo Polowow DalekomorskichSp.z.ogr.odp, Gdynia, managers) under the UNRRA scheme. Kircaldy registry closed. Renamed SYLWERIUSZ (GDY114).
1946-1949: Trawling from Gt. Yarmouth.
23.5.1949: Sold to R. C. Cook, A. W. Eastoe, R. H. Colby, Lowestoft & J. Odde, East Molsey. Gdynia registry closed.
27.7.1949: Renamed ACORN (LT31).
7.9.1954: Sold to Percy William Sutton, Gt. Yarmouth.
16.9.1954: Sold to Mercury Fisheries Co Ltd, Halifax, NS (Paul Stockhammer, London, manager). Lowestoft registry closed.
21.9.1954: Registered at Halifax, NS.
23.9.1954: Sailed Lowestoft for Canada, calling Stornoway to top up with bunker coal.
13.10.1954: Arrived Halifax, NS in tow of Halifax motor trawler BOSTON SWIFT with depleted bunkers.
1975: Broken up at Halifax, NS.

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S.T. Acorn LT31

Technical

Official Number: 132943
Launched: 1911
Yard Number: 510
Gross Tonnage: 98
Net Tonnage: 43
Length: 88.1 ft
Breadth: 18.7 ft
Draught: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Crabtree & Co Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth
Boiler: Thos. Sudron & Co Ltd, Stocktonon Tees.
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

8.11.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.510) for Star Drift Fishing Co Ltd, Lowestoft (George Catchpole, manager) as CONSTANT STAR.
23.12.1911: Registered at Lowestoft (LT1158).
29.12.19107: Completed.
5.8.1915: Requisitioned for war service on boom defence.
2.7.1919: Returned.
4.4.1929: Explosion in boiler room whilst off Blackpool. ELIE NESS (LT1259) connected and delivered Fleetwood.
26.6.1932: On Small’s ground foremast broke.
14.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as an examining vessel.
20.11.1939: Returned to owner.
10.11.1940: In heavy seas off Pembrokeshire coast suffered damage.
21.11.1940: Struck wall at Milford damaging stem and bow plating.
29.11.1942: Sold to Owen David Purdy, Hakin.
18.1.1946: Sold to Ocean Fisheries Ltd, Milford Haven (Henry J. Harwood, manager).
25.11.1946: Sold to Fred.J. Ingram (22); Trevor Ingram (21) and Alan Packman (21), Milford Haven (64 shares).
12.1948: Laid up at Milford.
20.4.1949: Sold to William Foreman, Peterhead (Joseph Reid, manager). Lowestoft registry closed.
12.5.1949: Registered at Peterhead (PD38).
12.1954: Peterhead registry closed “Ceased fishing”.
1955: Sold for breaking up.

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S.T. Constant Star LT1158

Technical

Official Number: 144800
Yard Number: 100
Launched: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 95
Net Tonnage: 40
Length: 86.2
Breadth: 18.5
Draught: 9.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Pollit & Wigzell Ltd, Sowerby Bridge
Built: Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad, 1917

History

1917: Launched by Colby Brothers Ltd, Oulton Broad (Yd.No.100) (“Admiralty drifter”) for The Admiralty as GREEN SEA.
16.2.1918: Completed as a fishing vessel.
21.12.1920: Transferred to Fisheries Board for Scotland for disposal.
1921: Sold to E. W. Mutton, Aberdeen.
8.2.1921: Renamed GLADYS and VIOLET (A639).
1924: Sold to David Main, John Ralph & D. W. McKenzie, Burghead.
10.4.1924: Aberdeen registry closed.
4.1924: Renamed RIANT (INS30).
1932 – 1936: Trawling out of Fleetwood (Alex Keay, managing agent).
1939: To Executors of David Main, deceased.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Hire rate £32.0.0d/month). Employed on auxiliary patrol.
27.1.1940: Lost after stranding on Isle of Gigha. Inverness registry closed.

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S.T. Riant INS30
Picture courtesy of the Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection

Technical

Official Number: 127408
Yard Number: 362
Launched: October 02 1907
Gross Tonnage: 239
Net Tonnage: 73
Length: 120.3 ft
Breadth: 21.6 ft
Draught: 11.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Built: Smith’s Dock Co Ltd North Shields

History

2.10.1907: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd North Shields (Yd. No.362) for John Thomas Milford Haven (managing owner) as BEATRICE.
11.1907: Completed.
30.11.1907: Registered at Milford (M212).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.362). Based on the Tyne.
12.1914: Renamed BEATRICE II.
16.10.1917: Sold to The Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd Fleetwood.
14.3.1918: Sold to Walter Harold Beesley, Grimsby.
8.4.1918: Milford registry closed.
10.4.1918: Registered at Grimsby as BEATRICE (GY1114).
1919: Returned to owner.
3.1919: Sold to Middleton Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hartlepool.
4.4.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
4.1919: Registered at Hartlepool (HL16).
1927: Re-measured 236g 71n.
1927: Sold to N.V. Maats Petten, IJmuiden (L & J Schager, managers).
1927: Hartlepool registry closed.
1927: Renamed Bergen (IJM16).
By 1930: N.V. Vissch. Maats Petten, IJmuiden (L & J Schager, managers).
2.10.1907: Launched by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd North Shields (Yd. No.362) for John Thomas Milford Haven (managing owner) as BEATRICE.
11.1907: Completed.
30.11.1907: Registered at Milford (M212).
8.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr) (Ad.No.362). Based on the Tyne.
12.1914: Renamed BEATRICE II.
16.10.1917: Sold to The Wyre Steam Trawling Co Ltd Fleetwood.
14.3.1918: Sold to Walter Harold Beesley, Grimsby.
8.4.1918: Milford registry closed.
10.4.1918: Registered at Grimsby as BEATRICE (GY1114).
1919: Returned to owner.
3.1919: Sold to Middleton Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hartlepool.
4.4.1919: Grimsby registry closed.
4.1919: Registered at Hartlepool (HL16).
1927: Re-measured 236g 71n.
1927: Sold to N.V. Maats Petten, IJmuiden (L & J Schager, managers).
1927: Hartlepool registry closed.
1927: Renamed Bergen (IJM16).
By 1930: N.V. Vissch. Maats Petten, IJmuiden (L & J Schager, managers).
6.1940: Requisitioned for war service under Dutch Naval Control (P.No.6C).
8.1940: Fitting out at Milford.
9.1940: Attached to 66th MS Flotilla based Holyhead.
11.1941: Flotilla moved to Milford.
1.6.1942: Flotilla moved to Portsmouth under Admiralty control (P.No.FY.932).
7.1942: Paid off.
9.1942: At Southampton as a minesweeper fitting out with oropesa sweeps.
03-04.1943: Not listed.
5.1943: Fitting out as a single line gate vessel.
6.1943: Last recorded still fitting out.
1945: Laid up in Southampton (did not return to IJmuiden).
1947: Sold for demolition.

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S.T. Beatrice M212
Picture courtesy of Jan Hartveld

Technical

Official Number: 149099
Yard Number: 994
Launched: 1926
Gross Tonnage: 351
Net Tonnage: 141
Length: 140.3 ft
Breadth: 24.0 ft
Draught: 13.3 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1926

History

14.4.1926: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.994) for John McCann, Hull as FOAMFLOWER.
29.6.1926: Completed.
20.10.1926: Registered at Hull (H313).
15.11.1926: Sold to Yorkshire Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull A. Turgoose, manager).
2.1939: Sold by Fishing Vessel Brokers Ltd to Société Anonyme Armement Ostendais, Ostend.
6.2.1939: Hull registry closed.
18.2.1939: Renamed EDOUARD ANSEELE (O158).
5.1940: Sailed to England via France.
9.1940: Based at Fleetwood as a fishing trawler (Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, managing agents).
27.4.1941: Picked up crew of London motor vessel BEACON GRANGE (10119grt/1938) torpedoed and sunk by U.boat (U552) south of Iceland in approx position 62.05N 16.20W. Survivors transferred to HMS GLADIOLUS (P.No.K34) and landed at Londonderry.
8.1945: Returned to Belgium.
24.9.1949: Chartered to “Weser” Hochseefischerei-und Fischnandels GmbH, Bremerhaven.
8.1950: Returned to owners.
9.1950: Sold to “Dalmor” Przedsiebiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich Sp.Z.ogr.odp, Gdynia.
16.9.1950: Ostend registry closed.
13.10.1950: Renamed PEGAZ (GDY110).
29.31958: Gdynia registry closed sold for demolition.

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S.T. Edourd Anseele O158
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