The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Official Number: 161838
Yard Number: 268
Completed: 1913
Gross Tonnage: 243
Net Tonnage: 90
Length: 120.2 ft
Breadth: 22.0 ft
Depth: 12.0 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley

History

10.2.1913: Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmel Ltd, Beverley (Yd.No.268) for Alfred T. Golder & Co, Ostend as MARTHE.
16.4.1913: Completed. Registered at Ostend (O43).
29.5.1917: Requisitioned for Fishery Reserve (with owners permission).
21.9.1917: At Swansea. Completed fitting of 6pdr gun.
1919: Released.
1929: Sold to Pêcheries Nationales Belges S. A., Ostend.
4.1933: Sold to Thomas H. Scales, Leith (managing owner).
13.4.1933: On delivery voyage Ostend to Aberdeen (sic) arrived Lowestoft with boiler trouble.
15.4.1933: Completed boiler repairs and sailed for Leith.
5.1933: Ostend registry closed.
8.5.1933: Registered at Leith as CRAIG ISLAND (LH141).
1935: Company re-styled, T. H. Scales & Sons Ltd, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
27.11.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a boom defence vessel (P.No.Z157) (Rosyth/Granton & Inchkeith) as an ‘Inchkeith gate trawler’ (Hire rate £62.15.6d/month).
31.9.1942: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £7250.
16.11.1945: Laid up.
23.2.1946: Returned.
8.3.1946: Sold to J. Cameron, Peterhead for breaking up.
6.5.1946: Breaking up commenced.

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Technical

Official Number: 109541
Yard Number: 193
Completed: 1898
Gross Tonnage: 150
Net tonnage: 58
Length: 100.6 ft
Breadth: 20.5 ft
Depth: 10.7 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Ross & Duncan, Glasgow
Built: Mackie & Thomson, Govan

History

5.1898: Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.193) for Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as CROTON.
30.6.1898: Registered at Grimsby (GY716).
7.1898: Completed.
7.1901: Sold to Akties. Croton, Sandefjord, Norway (H. Fredriksen, manager).
7.1901: Grimsby registry closed. Registered at Strömstad, Sweden (SD9). (TG6)
5.1914: Sold to Orient Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby (Frank Barrett, manager)..
6.5.1914: Registered at Grimsby (GY49).
5.1914: New boiler fitted.
11.1914: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr , 1-6pdr HA) (Ad.No.709). Based Falmouth.
24.11.1918: To be returned to owner.
12.1918: Returned to owner at Grimsby.
1.1920: Sold to Direct Fish Supplies Ltd, London (G. W. P. Margarson, manager).
7.1920: Transferred to Isle of Man (W. H. B. Quilliam, Douglas, IoM).
5.8.1920: Grimsby registry closed.
8.1920: Registered at Douglas (DO89).
3.1922: Transferred to Grimsby.
30.3.1922: Registered at Grimsby (GY1344).
23.3.1922: Company in voluntary liquidation.
10.8.1922: Placed in compulsory liquidation.
9.1922: Sold to Thomas W. Baskcomb, Grimsby managing owner.
22.10.1935: Fleet of Thomas W. Baskcomb sold to Fred Parkes, Fleetwood.
19.10.1935: Sold to Consolidated Fisheries Ltd, Grimsby (Sir John D. Marsden, Bart, manager).
30.10.1935: Grimsby registry closed.
4.11.1935: Transferred and registered at Lowestoft (LT84).
1940: Directed to Fleetwood under wartime control.
31.10.1941: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood for £3850 (Goffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
21.7.1945: Sold to Partnership (Hull) Ltd, Hull for £4000.
1945: Sold to Mostyn & Willey Ltd, Watford (Hymen Mostyn, manager).
1950: Sold to Belgium shipbreakers for breaking up. Lowestoft registry closed.

ANNEX A

11.1914: Fitted with Hotchkiss 12pdr and 6pdr HA and fitted out minesweeping duties (Ad.No.709).
By 1.10.1918: At Falmouth (General Patrol and Escort work).
24.11.1918: To be returned.

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Technical

Official Number: 138286
Yard Number: 647
Completed: 1916
Gross Tonnage: 326
Net Tonnage: 134
Length: 138.7 ft
Breadth: 23.7 ft
Depth: 12.8 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Charles D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby

History

11.10.1916: Launched by Cochrane & Son Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.647) (Prototype “Mersey” class vessel) for Pickering & Haldane’s Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull as LORD MERSEY.
15.2.1916: Registered at Hull (H427).
2.1916: Completed.
4.1916: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (1-12pdr, 1-7.5” A/S Howitzer) (Ad.No.1991). Based Kirkwall.
27.11.1917: At Aberdeen fitted with hydrophones.
By 12.3.1919: Returned to owner at Hull.
27.4.1928: Sold to Malcolm S. McFarlane, London & John A. Spilman, Hull.
13.7.1928: Sold to Alan Spilman Ltd, London (A. Spilman, Hull, manager).
29.8.1928: Registered at Hull as CASTLETHORPE (H427).
19.5.1933: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (Geoffrey E. Marr, Cleveleys, manager) for £4100.
14.6.1933: Hull registry closed.
16.6.1933: Registered at Fleetwood (FD188).
14.12.1933: Registered at Fleetwood as ARLITA (FD188) (BoT Minute M/RG.1378).
20.8.1934: Transferred to Hull, crewed and operated by The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull on the company acquisition (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, Cleveleys, manager).
11.6.1935: Transferred to Fleetwood.
9.1939: On a trip to St. Kilda grounds (Sk. Ernest Christie); twelve crew.
18. 9.1939: Trawling 22 miles WNW of St. Kilda. At 18.48 hrs stopped by U-boat (U.35) in position 58.09N 09.17W. Advised to follow the submarine in the direction of smoke from two other trawlers. Seized along with LORD MINTO (FD51) and NANCY HAGUe (FD133). As boats not considered safe for crew, transferred to NANCY HAGUE. Sunk by gunfire in position 57.51N 09.28W. Also sunk by gunfire, LORD MINTO (FD51). NANCY HAGUE (FD133) returned to Fleetwood.
19. 27.9.1939: Fleetwood registry closed.
20.
(Crew (all Fleetwood unless stated) – Sk. Ernest Christie; James Mayson, Mate; W. Sloane, Thornton, Bosun; Peter Croft, Ch.Eng; A. Nyquist, 2nd Eng; Thomas Christy; J. Astles; H. Ramshaw, Thornton; W. Lee, deckhands; C. Bird, Hoylake, half deckhand; F. Woolfenden & H. Dearden, firemen; L. Cashmere, cook.)

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Technical

Official Number: 162064
Yard Number: 1088
Completed: 1930
Gross Tonnage: 355
Net Tonnage: 139
Length: 140.4 ft
Breadth: 25.0 ft
Depth: 13.4 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Built: Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby

History

(In 1935 the Hull trawler LEONIDAS (162186) (H267) was lengthened by Smiths Dock Co. Ltd. The work involved creating an improved hull form with new bow and stern sections. The design was successful, not only providing increased fish room capacity, but also, as was expected, reducing coal consumption and giving a slightly higher free running speed. Other owners stemmed vessels at Middlesbrough for similar work to be undertaken)

28.7.1930: Launched by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd.No.1088) for J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood as ARMANA. Contract price £15,090.
17.9.1930: Registered at Fleetwood (FD121).
23.9.1930: Completed (Geoffrey Edwards Marr, manager).
1.9.1931: Struck dock wall at Fleetwood damaging shell plating.
1934: Transferred to Hull.
11.1936: Completed lengthening by Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, Middlesbrough to 151.5 feet (including fitting new bow and stern sections). Re measured 357g 145n.
6.11.1936: Re-registered after alteration to length.
2.1940: Sold to The City Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (J. Marr & Son Ltd) (Leslie James Marr, managers).
28.2.1940: Fleetwood registry closed.
1.3.1940: Registered at Hull (H302).
17.5.1940: Sailed Hull for Iceland (Sk. A. Fletcher).
4.6.1940: At Hull landed 1,905 kits grossed £1,877.
4.6.1940: Requisitioned for war service as an auxiliary patrol vessel (1-12pdr) (Hire rate £202.12.11d/month). At Barry with M/S Group 81 (Ty/Sk. A. C. Fletcher RNR).
5.1941: Fitted out as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.1809). At Ipswich with M/S & P Group 81.
5.1944: Fitted out for dan laying and assigned to Operation Neptune – Normandy landings.
23.5.1944: Attached to the15th Minesweeping Flotilla as a dan layer.
3.7.1944: Operation Neptune ended.
11.1945: Returned to owner after restoration and survey at Birkenhead.
18.2.1946: Sold to Hull Merchants Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull (A. Bailey & J. Balderson, managers) for £35000.
13.11.1946: Registered at Hull as BARDIA (H302).
28.1.1955: Sailed Hull for Faroe last trip before sale (Sk. T. Eddams).
16.2.1955: At Hull landed 533 kits grossed £1,993.
6.1955: Sold to Sir George F. Sleight, Grimsby.
28.6.1955: Hull registry closed.
7.1955: Registered at Grimsby (GY3).
8.1956: Sold B.J. Nijkerk, Antwerp for breaking up.
8.1956: Grimsby registry closed.
15.10.1956: Arrived Antwerp from Grimsby.

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Technical

Official Number: 106973
Yard Number: 580
Gross Tonnage: 158
Completed: 1898
Net Tonnage: 56
Length: 105.8 ft
Breadth: 20.9 ft
Depth: 10.9 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by H. S. Edwards & Sons, South Shields
Boiler: Jos. T. Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Built: Edwards Bros, North Shields

History

7.2.1898: Launched by Edwards Brothers, North Shields (Yd.No.580) for The Hartlepools Steam Fishing Co Ltd, West Hartlepool as ANNIE.
3.1898: Completed (Charles H. Ford, manager). Registered at West Hartlepool (HL53).
1899: Sold Fiskeri-aktieselskabet Isafold (Isafold Fishing Co Ltd), Iceland. Renamed DALANES.
1900: Sold to Joseph Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1901: Registered Newcastle (NE1).
1901: Sold to James Herbert Marr, Hull (managing owner). Fishing from Fleetwood.
5.7.1902: Mortgaged to Williams Deacon’s Bank Ltd, London (A).
1904: Sold to J. Marr & Son Ltd, Fleetwood (James H. Marr, manager). Renamed ANNIE (NE1).
28.2.1905: Registered at Fleetwood (FD28).
14.8.1905: Mortgage (A) discharged.
14.8.1905: Fleetwood registry closed.
1905: Sold to Tejero, Marimos & Co, Corunna for £3350. Renamed GERÓ.
1924: Not in Yard List under any name.
1936: Sold for breaking up.

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