| Name: | JAY |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 15/07/1897 |
| Completed: | 10/1897 |
| Builder: | Edwards Brothers |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 556 |
| Dimensions: | 143grt, 39nrt, 106.0 x 20.5 x 11.0ft; (1913: 166grt, 68nrt, 118.0ft) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12, 18 & 30 x 21ins), 41nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 108534 |
| History: | |
| 10/1897 | Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (JEA Kelsall), Manchester |
| 11/08/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1897: Allocated fishing registration number FD178 at Fleetwood |
| 1899: Allocated fishing registration number H278 at Hull | |
| 07/1913: Lengthened at Goole to 118ft | |
| 10/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper | |
| 11/08/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB35, 90 miles | |
| east of the Tyne in position 55.19N - 01.49E |
Above photo courtesy of Peter Brady