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The Bosun's Watch
S.T. James Lay FD189
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Information © Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust 2005. Not to be reproduced without prior permission and acknowledgement
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| Official Number | 143834 |
| Launched | 1918 |
| Gross Tonnage | 278 |
| Length | 125 ft |
| Engine | 61 hp |
| Armament | 1 x 12 pdr |
| Built by | Fletcher & Fearnall, Limehouse, London, 1918 |
| Owner | Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd |
| 1918 |
Built as Admiralty Castle JAMES LAY.
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| 1919 |
Sold to mercantile and acquired by Sir William Beardmore, Glasgow. |
| September 1939 | Requisitioned and converted to a MS.
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| May 18/19 1940 | Took part in Operation Quentin/Quidnunc/Quixote, the cutting of the North Sea telephone cable between Germany and the UK. |
| 1942 | Bought by J Marr & Son Ltd (Later Dinas Steam Trawler Co) whilst still on Admiralty service.
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| June 1944 | Took part in Operation Neptune, the D-Day landings as a DL attached to the 15th MS flotilla, in Force S.
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| October 1944 | Returned to owners.
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| 1946 | Returned to fishing.
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| 1960 | Scrapped.
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