The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Wyre British FD24 by Harry Wright
Picture courtesy of Maria Brown
| Official Number | 160993 |
| Yard Number | 547 |
| Launched | June 12 1930 |
| Registered | July 16 1930 |
| Gross Tonnage | 406 |
| Length | 142.7 ft |
| Built by | Cook Welton & Gemmell 1930 |
| Owner | Wyre Steam Trawlers Ltd |
| 1930 |
Built as VINUR (GY 249) for Vinur Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby. Origianlly built for Little & Olgeirrsson but sold prior to completion.
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| 1936 |
Renamed BRITISH. |
| August 27 1939 | Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper FY 506.
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| January 11 1946 | Returned to owners. |
| 1942 | Sold to Northern trawlers Ltd, Grimsby.
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| 1954 | Sold to Wyre Steam Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood and renamed WYRE BRITISH.
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| 1957 | Sold for scrap to Van Heyghen Freres, Belgium.
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| October 1957 | Arrived Ghent for breaking.
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