Name: | CHESTER |
Type: | Fishing Vessel |
Launched: | 03/11/1896 |
Completed: | 11/1896 |
Builder: | Edwards Brothers |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 533 |
Dimensions: | 144grt, 46nrt, 104.0 x 20.7 x 10.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (9, 16 & 25.5 x 19.5ins), 45nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 106682 |
History: | |
11/1896 | Hagerup, Doughty & Co Ltd, Grimsby |
04/1906 | Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Grimsby |
29/02/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | Allocated fishing registration number GY148 at Grimsby |
10/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper; renamed CHESTER II | |
29/02/1916: Sank in the Firth of Forth following a collision |