The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Cresswell M129
Information courtesy of David Slinger
| Official Number | 144538 |
| Admiralty Number | 3534 |
| Launched | September 17 1917 |
| Gross Tonnage | 274 |
| Length | 125 ft |
| Draught | 3.86 m |
| Engine | 61 hp |
| Armament | 1 x 12 pdr : 1 x 7.5" Bomb Thrower (A/S Howitzer) |
| Built by | Smiths Dock Co, Southbank-on-Tees, 1917 |
| Owner | Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd |
| 1917 |
Built as Admiralty Castle WILLIAM BEATTY.
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| May 04 1920 |
Sold to mercantile and renamed CRESSWELL.
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| 1936 |
Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd. |
| November 12 1939 | sunk by German submarine U-41 whilst fishing off the Flannan Isles. 6 men died and 7 survived. The survivors were picked up by the submarine who transferred them to PHYLLISIA FD 148.
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