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The Bosun's Watch



S.T. Pern H983



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Picture courtesy of Peter Brady



Pern


		
Technical
Official Number 143887
Admiralty Number 3821
Admiralty pennant (WWII) 4 435
Gross Tonnage215
Length120 ft
Armament (WWI) 1 x 12 pdr
Built byHawthorne, Leith 1918
OwnerBrixham Trawlers Ltd
History
August 13 1918 Delivered to owners.
1919 On loan to the USN for minesweeping ooperations in the North Sea. Returned to RN in August
1921Sold to mercantile and acquired by A Robertson, Aberdeen, and renamed CREVETTE.
1939Requisitioned as CREVETTE and converted to an APV.
1940Returned to owners.
May 1944Requisitioned and converted to an Esso. Returned to owners in October.
1955Scrapped at Bruges, Belgium.