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The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Daily Mirror FD71
| Official Number | 143471 |
| Yard Number | 410 |
| Admiralty Number | FY. 4294 |
| Launched | March 18 1919 |
| Registered | November 13 1919 |
| Gross Tonnage | 290 |
| Length | 126 ft |
| Breadth | 23.6 ft |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1919 |
| Owner | Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd |
| 1919 |
Built as Admiralty Castle EGILIAS AKERMAN and completed as a fishing vessel.
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| 1919 |
Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co, Boston, and renamed KESTEVAN (BN 146) and given the official number of 143471. |
| 1926 | Sold to V Fourney, France, and renamed IMPREVU.
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| 1930 | Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood and renamed DAILY MIRROR.
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| 1935 | Sold to JL Devlin, Granton and renamed COMPUTATOR (GN 42).
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| 1939 | Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper FY 635.
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| October 21 1945 | Sunk after a collision with destroyer HMS VANOC in Seine Bay, Normandy.
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