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The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Socrates FD163
| Official Number | 123356 |
| Yard Number | 331 |
| Launched | May 12 1906 |
| Gross Tonnage | 296 |
| Length | 138.5 ft |
| Breadth | 23 ft |
| Draught | 11.8 ft |
| Engine | T.3-cyl by W. V. V. Lidgerwood, Glasgow |
| Built | Mackie & Thompson, Govan, 1906 |
| Owner | Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood |
| May 12 1906 | Launched by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Yd.No.331) for Anglo-Norwegian Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull (E. Watt, manager) as SOCRATES. |
| June 12 1906 | Registered at Hull (H885). |
| June 1906 | Completed. |
| November 15 1912 | Sold to Lancashire Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood (J. Marr & Son Ltd, managers) for £5250. |
| November 15 1912 | Hull registration closed. |
| November 16 1912 | Registered at Fleetwood (FD163). |
| December 07 1912 | Corrected registration. |
| January 07 1913 | Homeward from fishing grounds (Sk.Philip Burman). In thick fog and drizzle, stranded on rocks in Clanyard Bay, Wigtownshire. Crew of eleven scaled cliffs and made their way to Drummore. At high water slipped from rocks and submerged. |
| January 1913 | Survey by Liverpool and Glasgow Salvage Association's steam derrick barge LADY KATE (135 grt/1881) indicated little damage but offer to refloat was declined by Hull Steam Trawlers Mutual Insurance Co. |
| January 12 1916 | Declared a CTL. Wreck stripped. |
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