The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Official Number: 122940
Yard Number: 262
Completed: 1906
Gross Tonnage: 225
Net Tonnage: 72
Length: 125.8
Breadth: 21.9 ft
Depth: 8.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Coatbridge
Boiler: A. & W. Dalglish, Pollockshaws, Glasgow
Built: J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen

History

28.2.1906: Launched by J. Duthie, Sons & Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Yd.No.262) for Tettenhall Steam Fishing Co of Fleetwood Ltd, Fleetwood as BOSCOBEL.
5.1906: Completed.
16.5.1906: Mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
18.5.1906: Registered at Fleetwood (FD70), Louis Cohen, Norbreck appointed manager).
11.8.1909: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (B). James H. Marr appointed manager.
9.10.1913: Mortgage (A) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgage (B) discharged.
10.10.1913: Mortgaged to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (C).
1.1.1914: Tonnage altered to 92.13net under provision of Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
2.12.1916: James A. Robertson appointed manager.
12.5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-6pdr) (Ad.No.1761).
18.10.1918: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, manager). Based Alexandria.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
12.10.1924: James A. Robertson died.
10.1924: Alan Marr appointed manager.
6.2.1925: Joseph Arthur Marr appointed manager.
4.1928: Sold to Thomas Walker & John Falconer. Aberdeen.
13.4.1928: Fleetwood registry closed.
24.4.1928: Registered at Aberdeen (A342).
1934: Sold to John W. Johnstone, Aberdeen.
23.8.1934: Aberdeen registry closed, “fitted out as a Cargo Vessel”.
8.1934: Converted to cargo vessel. Re-measured 11.6 ft depth of hold 232g 101n.
29.5.1937: Foundered near Lightship Wandelaar off Belgian coast on voyage Antwerp to London with a cargo of fencing wire. Wreck in position 51.21.50N 02.50.75E.

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Technical

Official Number: 99561
Yard Number: 83
Completed: 1892
Gross Tonnage: 149
Net Tonnage: 62
Length: 102.4 ft
Breadth: 20.6 ft
Depth: 11 ft
Engine: 45nhp T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed 10 knots
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull

History

ACTIVE (H191/FD157) (1912-1917) iron built

16.2.1892: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.83) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as ACTIVE.
8.3.1892: Registered at Hull (H191).
3.1892: Completed.
9.1.1893: New certificate issued.
26.2.1906: Re-registered at Hull (H191).
18.1.1909: Sold to Thomas R. Porter & Benjamin J. Ridge, Newlyn.
1912: Sold to James Herbert Marr, Fleetwood.
10.5.1912: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (James A. Robertson, managers).
18.11.1912: Hull registry closed.
19.11.1912: Registered at Fleetwood (FD157).
5.10.1916: Sold to Horace E. Stroud, Aberdeen.
22.3.1917: Fleetwood registry closed.
26.3.1917: Registered at Aberdeen (A776).
26.4.1917: Stopped by U-boat (UC50)65 miles E by S of Longstone Light and scuttled.
21.5.1917: Aberdeen registry closed.

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Technical

Official Number: 139216
Yard Number: 277
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 270
Net Tonnage: 105
Length: 128.8 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by W. Beardmore & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Built: Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee

History

23.11.1916: Launched by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee (Yd.No.277) for The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as DORINDA.
9.2.1917: Registered at Fleetwood (FD198) (James A. Robertson, manager).
2.1917: Completed. Requisitioned from the builders for war service and fitted out for escort duties (1-12pdr) (Ad.No.3003).
18.10.1917: Re-registered at Fleetwood (FD198). Based Milford Haven.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Fleetwood.
14.10.1932: Responded to request for assistance from JACINTA (FD235) which had struck submerged rock eight miles off Rathlin Island, losing all blades on her propeller. Connected and commenced tow to Fleetwood.
15.10.1932: Delivered Fleetwood.
30.8.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.623) (P.No.FY.600) (Hire rate £78.15.0d/month).
1944: Sold to Malcolm Smith Ltd, Aberdeen (Malcolm Smith, manager).
10.1945: Restored and surveyed at Dumbarton.
11.1945: Returned to owner.
1.1946: Registered at Aberdeen as LOCH LOMOND (A??).
7.1946: Sold to Anglo Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (J. R. Cobley, manager).
8.1946: Aberdeen registry closed.
8.1946: Registered at Grimsby (GY310).
10.1946: Registered at Grimsby as ANGLO (GY310).
1950: Renamed DEERNESS (GY310) (Leslie Little, manager).
1952: Sold to Elkington Estates Ltd, Grimsby (Charles Dobson, manager).
9.1955: Sold to ??, Belgium for breaking up.

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Technical

Official Number: 162063
Yard Number: 1087
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 355
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 25 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

28.7.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1087) for Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood as CORDELA.
9.9.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD120).
9.1930: Completed (Joseph Arthur Marr, manager).
1934: Transferred to Hull, crewed and operated by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull on the company acquisition (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Fleetwood, manager).
10.8.1939: Sailed Hull for Bear Island (Sk. E. Fawcett).
29/30.8.1949: At Hull landed 1,559 kits grossed £962.
7.9.1939: Sold to The Admiralty (£11,500) and fitted out as a minesweeper (1-12pdr) (P.No.FY.713).
27.2.1940: Fleetwood registry closed.
25.3.1946: Sold to Hellyer Bros Ltd, Hull (Peter A. Hellyer, manager). Registered at Hull as HAUSA (H262) after restoration and survey at the port.
15.3.1948: Sold to Northern Fishing Co (Hull) Ltd, Hull (Peter A. Hellyer, manager).
14.10.1954: Sailed Hull for Iceland on last trip (Sk. W. S. Smith).
3.11.1954: At Hull landed 967 kits grossed £3,652.
11.1954: Sold to Van Heyghen Freres, Ghent for breaking up.
20.11.1954: Arrived Ghent from Hull.

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Technical

Official Number: 136011
Yard Number: 301
Completed 1914
Gross Tonnage: 226
Net Tonnage: 113
Length: 117 ft
Breadth: 23 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: 68NHP T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

28.3.1914: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.301) for Alick (Alec) Black, Grimsby as DONALDA.
6.1914: Completed.
15.6.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY149).
5.1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-3pdr (6pdr?)) (Ad.No.5648).
6.1.1916: Sold to Alfred W. Baxter. Grimsby (Alick (Alec) Black, manager). Based Devonport.
25.1.1918: Sold to William Hill, Grimsby.
12.4.1918: Sold to The Victoria Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (William Hill, manager).
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
19.12.1929: Sold to Lindsey Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Edwin Bacon, manager).
24.12.1941: Sold to The Active Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. Marr & Son Ltd).
8.7.1942: Sold to Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, Hull.
22.12.1942: Grimsby registry closed.
23.12.1942: Registered at Hull (H12).
1945: Sold to Grimsby Motor Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby (Grimsby Industries (Trawler Managers) Ltd, managers).
7.1945: Hull registry closed.
7.1945: Registered at Grimsby (GY78).
30.7.1949: Sold to Trawlers Grimsby Ltd, Grimsby (John C. Ross, manager).
10.4.1953: Sold to Derwent Trawlers Ltd, Grimsby (John C. Ross, manager).
1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to C. W. Dorkin & Co Ltd, Gateshead for breaking up.
31.1.1957: Delivered Gateshead from Grimsby under own power.
3.1957: Grimsby registry closed.

Annex A

13.5.1915: Commissioned at Grimsby.
15.5.1915: Arrived Devonport. Fitted with Hotchkiss 3pdr gun (No.5648) and fitted out for minesweeping duties (Ad.No.1760).
By 10.1916: Based Devonport – Unit No.121 ‘Trawler Sweepers’ (Sk.H. Bailey RNR).
1919: Port for landing Stores, Armament and Moveable Fittings – Devonport. Port for Demobilising Personnel – Grimsby.
1919: Returned to owner.

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