The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Cevic FD186
Source: Dictionary of Shipwrecks off the Isle of Man by
Adrian Corkhill c2001.
| Official Number | 105911 |
| Gross Tonnage | 151 |
| Length | 106 ft |
| Breadth | 20.6 ft |
| Draught | 11 ft |
| 50 rhp engine | North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. Sunderland. |
| Built by | Edward Bros, North Shields, 1895 |
| Owner | Devon Steam Trawling Co Ltd |
| 1895 |
Built for J E Kelsall.
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| 1898 |
Transferred to Hull as H76. |
| 1913 | Purchased by Devon Steam Trawling Co. and managed by the Cevic Steam Fishing Co. Registered at Fleetwood as FD 186.
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| June 25 1927 | Wrecked in Ramsey Bay. |
| Notes | Cevic entered Ramsey Bay under the command of Richard Collinson and anchored. In the evening the skipper and two of the crew went ashore leaving seven men aboard, intending to return about midnight. Unfortunately the weather worsened which prevented the trawler's boat from setting off to bring them back aboard.
At 03:00 the second engineer climbed into the boat that was moored alongside the trawler. His intention was to bail it out and row ashore. As he was doing so the painter snapped and he drifted away. The crew desperately weighed the anchor in an attempt to rescue him but the Cevic ran onto rocks at Ballure at Ramsey South Beach.
A lifeboat was launched from Ramsey and rescued the crew without loss and the second engineer managed to reach shore safely. The crew were all Fleetwood men.
In the days that followed, onshore winds pushed the Cevic right under the cliffs until she lay firmly wedged between the rocks with a list to port. The starboard side was badly damage with several large holes as well as other damage and she became a total loss. Traces of her remains can be found there today. |
The Crew of Cevic
| Richard Collinson |
Skipper |
| J.E.Bywater |
Mate |
| E.Salthouse |
Boatswain |
| J.Hobb |
Chief Engineer |
| J.Dick |
Second Engineer |
| R.Sims |
Fireman |
| T.Holden |
Fireman |
| J.Hitchens |
Deckhand |
| T.Harrison |
Deckhand |
| G.Whiteside |
Deckhand |
| P.Corrigan |
Cook |
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