sailor

The Bosun's Watch

		

S.T. Martaban FD147



		
Technical
Official Number 98710
Yard Number 57
Launched 1890
Gross Tonnage148
Net Tonnage49
Length103.6 ft
Breadth20 ft
Engine50NHP T.3-cyl by C. D. Holmes & Co Ltd, Hull
Speed1o knots
Built byCook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull, 1890
OwnerGeorge Beeching & Co, Hull & Fleetwood
History
1890 Launched by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Hull (Yd.No.57) for George Beeching, Hull & Thomas Kelsall & Co, Manchester as MARTABAN.
November 20 1890Completed. Registered at Hull (H115).
1896Sold to George Beeching & Co, Hull & Fleetwood.
January 08 1897Transferred to Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd, Fleetwood.
January 18 1897 Registered at Fleetwood (FD147).
April 04 1899Transferred to Hull (J. E. A. Kelsall, manager).
May 12 1899Fleetwood registry closed.
1899Registered at Hull (H82).
December 05 1912Sold to Robert Moon, Aberdeen. Registered at Aberdeen (A527).
May 02 1915Sunk by U-boat gunfire having been stopped while fishing 22 miles E.1/4 N. of Aberdeen.