| Name: | QUAIL |
| Type: | Fishing Vessel |
| Launched: | 16/06/1897 |
| Completed: | 07/1897 |
| Builder: | Edwards Brothers |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 554 |
| Dimensions: | 143grt, 39nrt, 106.0 x 20.5 x 11.0ft; (1908: 162grt, 61nrt, 116.5 x 20.6 x 11.0ft) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (12, 18 & 30 x 21ins), 41nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 108531 |
| History: | |
| 07/1897 | Kelsall Brothers & Beeching Ltd (JEA Kelsall), Manchester |
| 23/06/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | TIC records state launch on the 14th, press reports state 16th |
| 1897: Allocated fishing registration number FD179 at Fleetwood | |
| 1899: Allocated fishing registration number H236 at Hull | |
| 04/1908: Lengthened at Goole to 116.5ft | |
| 11/1914: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a minesweeper | |
| 02/1915: Renamed QUAIL II | |
| 23/06/1915: Sank after a collision with tug BULLDOG when 7 miles SW of Portland Bill |
Above photo is courtesy of Steve Farrow