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The Bosun's Watch
S.T. Rudyard Kipling FD33
| Official Number | 144068 |
| Yard Number | 686 |
| Gross Tonnage | 333 |
| Length | 138 ft |
| Breadth | 23.7 ft |
| Draught | 12.9 ft |
| Engine | C D Holmes |
| Speed | 133.7 ft |
| Built by | Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby, 1921 |
| Owner | Sun Steam Trawling Co. |
| 1921 |
Built for Newington Steam Trawler Co Ltd, Hull as H247.
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| 1936 |
To Sun Steam Trawling Co. and registered at Fleetwood. |
| September 16 1939 | Captured by U-boat (U.27) off West Coast of Ireland. Sunk by explosive charges at 15.53 in position 53.50N 11.10W after crew ordered onto submarine; towed boat towards Irish coast.
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| Notes | Following the unfortunate DAVARA, RUDYARD KIPLING was the second British trawler sunk in WW2.
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