The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Official Number: 133200
Yard Number: 482
Completed: 1911
Gross Tonnage: 264
Net Tonnage: 106
Length: 130.1 ft
Breadth: 22.5 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull

History

3.4.1911: Launched by Cochrane & Sons, Selby (Yd.No.482) for The Atlas Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as VONOLEL.
15.5.1911: Completed (William S. Letten, manager).
12.5.1911: Registered at Grimsby (GY628).
1915: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (Ad.No.849). Based Humber.
Post 12.3.1919: Returned to owners at Grimsby.
6.1923: Sold to Soc. Anon Pêcheries Ostendaises, Ostend (Aspeslagh Frères & A. Deceuninck, managers).
1923: Re-measured 247g 87n.
19.6.1923: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Ostend as NARVAL (O141).
1928: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager). Registered at Ostend as KASAÏ (O271).
10.1929: Sold to Soc. Anon Pêcheries Ostendaises, Ostend (Aspeslagh Frères & A. Deceuninck, managers).
1930: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Maats “En Avant”, IJmuiden (Erenst & Weimar, managers). Ostend registry closed. Renamed EN AVANT (IJM8).
1930: Re-measured 264g 87n.
5.1943: With owners permission, requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No.FY.1743).
1945: Returned to owners.
1951: Sold to N.V. Visscherij Maats “De Daad”, IJmuiden.
1951: Sold for breaking up.

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Technical

Official Number: 146903
Completed: 1917
Gross Tonnage: 288
Net Tonnage: 87
Length: 125.7
Breadth: 23.5
Depth: 12.7
Engine: T.3-cyl by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal
Built: Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada

History

1.1917: Ordered.
1918: Launched by Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Canada (Yd.No.) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR.22 or TR.26.
21/22.5.1918: Completed and commissioned in Royal Canadian Navy.
19.12.1918: Paid off and laid up.
1921: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro) for reconditioning and lay-up prior to sale. Brought over at The Admiralty’s expense.
1926: Re-measured 297g 88n.
8.1926: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
10.9.1926: Renamed MARIE EVELYNE (GY398).
9.1926: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool.
9.1926: Sold to Pêcheries & Armements “La Rochelle-Océan”, La Rochelle.
2.10.1926: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at La Rochelle.
1936: Laid up.
1937: Sold to Soc. Nouvelle des Pêcheries à Vapeur, Nantes.
1937: Sold for breaking up.

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Technical

Official Number: 110866
Yard Number: 446
Completed: 1899
Gross Tonnage: 189
Net Tonnage: 93
Length: 108.9 ft
Breadth: 21.0 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine:T.3-cyl by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull

History

1899: Completed by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull (Yd.No.446) for Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as St. LOUIS.
25.2.1899: Registered at Grimsby (GY1092).
9.1908: Sold to Denmark .
15.9.1908: Grimsby registry closed. Renamed HAJEN.
6.1910: Sold to Grimsby Victor Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
3.6.1910: Registered at Grimsby (GY551).
1913: New boiler fitted.
3.1914: Sold to G. F. Gibson & Others, Scarborough.
20.3.1914: Grimsby registry closed.
3.1914: Registered at Scarborough (SH30).
2.1916: Sold to The Premier Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby.
1.1916: Scarborough registry closed.
1.2.1916: Renamed St. CLOUD (GY856).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve.
1919: Released.
9.1925: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
2.1928: Sold to John Pattinson, West Hartlepool.
22.3.1934: Grimsby registry closed “Sold for breaking up”.

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Technical

Official Number: 148219
Yard Number: 54
Completed: 1918
Gross Tonnage: 273
Net Tonnage: 106
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario
Built: Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario

History

1.1917: Ordered.
1918: Completed by Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Ontario (Yd.No.54 or 55) (Canadian “Castle” – “T.R.” class) for The Admiralty (paid for and built under direction of RCN) as TR10 .
16.5.1918: Completed and commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy.
8.1919: Paid off and laid up.
1921: Accepted offer of Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd, Inverness (Captain D. J. Munro) for reconditioning and lay-up prior to sale. Brought over at The Admiralty’s expense.
26.6.1926: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby (Basil A. Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
19.7.1926: Registered at Fleetwood as BONTHORPE (FD104).
6.1929: Sold to Western Australia Trawling Co Ltd, Perth, Western Australia.
6.6.1929: Sailed Fleetwood for Fremantle, WA (Capt Leslie Caxton).
26.8.1929: Arrived Geraldton, WA for bunkers after eventful voyage.
17.10.1930: Registry noted “Sold out of District”.
1933: Company in liquidation. Laid up at Fremantle with salted boiler.
26.8.1933: Sold to Albany Tug Company, Albany, WA (Alexander Armstrong & Capt Clemence Douglas) for £200. Converted to a tug.
1939: Sold to Alex Armstrong, Albany, WA.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service (RAN) as an anti submarine trawler.
10.12.1939: Commissioned in RAN (P.No.FY85).
1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper.
30.6.1944: Purchased by RAN.
17.2.1945: Paid off and laid up.
1948: Sold to Mark Dakas, Broome, WA.
1949: Sold to Mrs Mary Dakas, Broome, WA.
5.1949: Fleetwood registry closed.
23.5.1949: Registered at Fremantle.
1950: fitted out to a barge tug.
3.10.1950: At Fremantle in 75mph gale, moored in pens, bows driven 15ft into wooden jetty when jetty struck by motor vessel CORAMBA (3551grt/1948) which had broken away from River Buoys. Minor damage.
3.4.1951: Sold to Marine Contractors Pty Ltd, Cairns, Queensland.
17.7.1951: Surveyed after fitting out as a barge tug.
17.9.1951: Fremantle registry closed.
8.10.1951: Registered at Cairns.
18.8.1954: Sold to Marine Contracting & Towing Co Ltd, Cairns, Queensland.
1959: Stranded Cairns Inlet. Declared a CTL and broken up in situ.
4.6.1959: Cairns registry closed.

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Technical

Admiralty Number: 4299
Official Number: 144161
Yard Number: 415
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 290
Net Tonnage: 127
Length: 125.5 ft
Breadth: 23.5 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl and boiler by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

1.5.1919: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.415)(“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as JOSHUA ARABIN.
9.10.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
1920: Sold to the Montrose Fishing Co Ltd, Aberdeen (Charles F. Paton, Glasgow, manager).
26.12.1919: Registered at Montrose (ME67).
1920: Renamed RIVER FORTH (ME67).
1922: W. C. Simpson designated managers.
9.1922: Sold to The Melling Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood (Henry Melling, manager).
1.10.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD417).
30.10.1922: Montrose registry closed.
18.11.1922: Renamed LENA MELLING (FD417).
13.1.1925: Assisted Liverpool steamer AQUILLA (450grt/1907) in Ramsey Bay flooded and without steam. Towed to safety.
1931: Sold to William C. Farrow, Hull.
17.12.1931: Fleetwood registry closed.
21.12.1931: Registered at Hull (H395).
12.1931: Sold to Farrow’s Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull.
18.1.1932: Renamed DE LA POLE (H395).
23.8.1932: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, managers).
19.10.1933: In strong SSE wind disabled with fouled propeller. Trawler ALMANDINE (H415) connected and delivered Hull.
12.11.1935: Sold to Harry E. Rees, Milford Haven.
15.11.1935: Hull registry closed.
9.12.1935: Registered at Milford (M195).
1.9.1939: Sold to Henrikson & Co Ltd, Hull (Olaf Henrikson, manager).
10.11.1939: Milford registry closed.
13.11.1939: Registered at Hull (H234).
28.5.1940: Requisitioned for war service and as an anti submarine trawler (P.No. 4.129) (Hire rate £90.12.6d/month).
6.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.558).
13.2.1944: Sold to The Clifton Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood.
12.1945: Hull registry closed.
13.12.1945: Registered at Fleetwood (FD144).
19.12.1945: Returned to owners after being re-classed at Liverpool.
7.7.1952: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd, Fleetwood (Fred Parkes, Blackpool, manager).
24.1.1953: Landed and laid up.
11.1956: Transferred to Milford (W. H. Kerr (Ship Chandlers) Ltd, Milford Haven, managers).
1957: Sold to BISCO and allocated to Thos. W. Ward, Sheffield for breaking up.
2.5.1957: Arrived Castle Pill, Milford Haven.
29.5.1957: Fleetwood registry closed.
16.11.1957: Breaking completed.

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