Chester built 03/11/1896 Edwards Bros North Shields for Hagerup Doughty & Co Grimsby
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co
10/1914 Requisitioned as a minesweeper
1915 Hired by the Admiralty and renamed as Chester II
29/02/1916 North Sea Skipper R Dutton In collision with torpedo boat TB.28 at 0340 both ships darkened sank in Firth of Forth Gullane Bay Aberlady Cockenzie in 56.04.16N 02.52.15W No lives lost
Her Details are
- Official Number 106682
- Yard Number 533
- Admiralty number 629
- Armament 1 3 pdr
- GT 143 NT 45
- Dimensions 104 x 20.7 x 10.5
- Quarter deck 18 Foc’sle 18
- Engines Triple expansion 9 16 25½ x 19½ in 45rhp Sunderland works of N E Marine Co Sunderland
29/02/1916 Sunk after collision in Firth of Forth whilst in Admiralty Service
