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The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Persian Empire FD83
| Official Number | 110743 |
| Yard Number | 243 |
| Admiralty Number | 799 |
| Launched | August 21 1899 |
| Registered | October 22 1899 |
| Gross Tonnage | 195 |
| Length | 115 ft |
| Breadth | 21 ft |
| 63 nhp engine | C D Holmes |
| Armament | 1 x 6 pdr : 1 x 7.5" Bomb Throwre (A/S Howitzer) |
| Speed | 10.5 knots |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley, 1899 |
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| 1899 |
Built as H 476 for Cargill Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull.
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| 1914 |
Requisitioned by RN as minesweeper FY 799. |
| 1919 | Returned to owners.
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| June 03 1921 | Sold to Jutland Amalgamated Trawlers Ltd, Hull. |
| Jan 21 1926 | Sold to Cook & Ireland, Fleetwood.
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| 1930 | Sold to J S Ellis & Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
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| 1938 | Sold to R F Cammish, Fleetwood.
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| 1943 | Sold to Don Fishing Co Ltd, Fleetwood.
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| 1948 | Sold to Standard Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Grimsby as GY 49.
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| January 26 1953 | Sold for scrap to J Draper (shipbreakers) and broken up at Grimsby.
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