Ajax built 14/02/1896 by Cochrane Cooper & Schofield Beverly for W Grant
Registered 02/1896 GY 18
03/09/14 The Vessel was presumed mined approx 29 miles E by N of Spurn
All 9 hands lost
Grimsby Telegraph 03/09/1914 Reports
The Ajax sailed from Grimsby on the a.m. tide Wednesday 26/08/1914
Thursday 03/09/1914 Skipper H. Baker, of the trawler Cygnus which arrived in dock Wednesday night, reported having picked up, at eleven o’clock yesterday morning, on the way to Grimsby, a buoy belonging to the Ajax
This was about 29 miles E. 3/4 N. of Spurn. There was also floating on the surface of the water a piece of wreckage which had apparently formed part of the life-boat, together pound boards and dead fish, mostly cod.
The trawler Gardenia which was outward bound, also passed the spot, and picked up another life-buoy carried by the Ajax
Ship presumed mined, given up as lost with all nine hands
| Surname | Forename | Age At Death | Date Of Death | Rank | Unit |
| GRANT | ALFRED | 25 | 02/09/1914 | Third Hand | Ajax |
| GRANT | EDWARD | Unknown | 02/09/1914 | Skipper | Ajax |
| PETTMAN | 50 | 02/09/1914 | First Engineer | Ajax | |
| ELTON | 30 | 02/09/1914 | Fourth Hand | Ajax | |
| COLEMAN | 40 | 02/09/1914 | Second Hand | Ajax | |
| BAYES | THOMAS | 70 | 02/09/1914 | Steward | Ajax |
| POTTER | JOHN | 33 | 02/09/1914 | Trimmer | Ajax |
| NAYLOR | 21 | 02/09/1914 | Fourth Hand | Ajax | |
| BACON | 28 | 02/09/1914 | Second Engineer | Ajax |
Her details are
- Official number 105541
- Yard Number 147
- GT 123 NT 33
- 40 Horsepower
- Dimensions 89.4′ x 20.1′ x 10.8′
- Quarterdeck 17 feet
- Engines C D Holmes 40 rhp 3 cyl 10.0 Knots
Sank after hitting a mine in the Humber estuary on Wednesday 02/09/1914