S.T. Peter Killen FD406 | The Bosun's Watch

Technical

Admiralty Number: 4207
Official Number: 139806
Yard Number: 449
Completed: 1919
As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
Gross Tonnage: 275.65
Net Tonnage: 118.50
Length: 125.6 ft
Breadth: 23.6 ft
Depth: 12.7 ft
Built: J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen
Engine: 87hp T.3-cyl by Bellis & Morcom Ltd, Birmingham
Boiler: Boiler by Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd, Paisley

History

12.1918: Launched by J. Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Co, Aberdeen (Yd.No.449) (“Castle” class) for The Admiralty as PETER KILLEN (Ad.No.4207).
5.2.1919: Forms for tender to purchase received by the Admiralty.
3.1919: Sold to Lieut Andrew Hardie RNR, Cults, Aberdeenshire (Horace E. Stroud, manager).
31.3.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
11.4.1919: Registered at Aberdeen O.N.139806 (A149).
5.3.1920: Sold to Herbert Ford (64/64), Birmingham.
5.3.1920: John Maxwell Jones, Plymouth designated manager.
20.3.1920: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (A).
31.3.1920: Aberdeen registry closed.
3.4.1920: Registered at Plymouth (PH140).
1921: Fishing from Fleetwood.
16.10.1921: Mortgage (A) discharged.
16.10.1921: Sold to Killen Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Fleetwood.
16.12.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Barclays Bank Ltd, London (B).
17.12.1921: Vessel mortgaged (64/64) to Herbert Ford, Birmingham for the sum of £5,000 with interest at 6% (C).
20.12.1921: Jules Henri Nierinck, Blackpool designated manager.
20.2.1922: Plymouth registry closed.
24.3.1922: Registered at Fleetwood (FD406).
12.12.1923: Stranded on small island off Isle of Lismore, Loch Linnhe.
13.12.1923: Steam trawlers LOIS (FD424) and IDA ADAMS (FD327) responded to distress, connected and successfully refloated. After carrying out checks, proceeded to Fleetwood.
3.1924: Mortgages (B) & (C) discharged.
3.1924: Sold to René Maubaillarcq & Cie, La Rochelle (Association Rochelaise de Pêche à Vapeur).
11.4.1924: Fleetwood registry closed.
4.1924: Registered at La Rochelle as CRAONNE BEAURIEUX (LR3739).
9.1933: Sold to Hudson Steam Fishing Co Ltd (64/64), Hull.
9.1933: La Rochelle registry closed.
26.9.1933: Registered at Hull as SIR JOHN LISTER (H509).
26.9.1933: Archibald Hudson, Hessle designated manager.
10.1933: New boiler fitted.
1938: Sold to Iago Steam Trawling Co Ltd, London. (E. D. W. Lawford, manager).
6.3.1937: In thick fog stranded on Haile Sand, near Donna Nook Beacon. Attended by Spurn lifeboat CITY of BRADFORD (Cox. Robert Cross). Although vessel was pounding in the swell, crew did not want to be taken off and lifeboat withdrew to stand by. When swell turned vessel shorewards, assistance was called for and the lifeboat laid out a kedge anchor. As tide made, hauled off and proceeded to Spurn Light to wait for fog to lift.
29.3.1938: Hull registry closed.
30.3.1938: Registered at London (LO209).
30.3.1938: E. D. W. Lawford designated manager.
1.9.1939: Requisitioned for war service as a minesweeper (P.No. FY.622) (Hire rate £87.16.3d/month).
5.1945: Surveyed and restored at Port Glasgow.
11.8.1945: Returned to owner.
1.1946: Sold to Pair Fishing Co Ltd, Milford Haven. H. J. Richards designated manager.
11.1947: Sold to William Johnston, Newhaven, Edinburgh.
1.1948: London registry closed.
1.1948: Registered at Granton as ESTHER JOHNSTON (GN50). William Johnston designated managing owner.
1954: Owners re-styled William Johnston & Co (Newhaven) Ltd, Newhaven, Edinburgh. Adam W. Wood, Leith designated manager.
1957: Sold to BISCO (£6150) and allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd, Charlestown, Fife for breaking up (Contract No.17E). 15.4.1957: Delivered Charlestown from Granton under own power and breaking up commenced. 1957: Granton registry closed.
(Peter Killen, OS (volunteer), age 21, b. Co. Louth, Ireland – VICTORY (SB828))

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Changelog
03/07/2009: Page published. 7 updates since then.
24/07/2017: Removed FMHT watermark.
12/07/2021: Updated history and technical details.