An item dated IJmuiden
the 22nd reported that the Dutch steam tanker Chester
while departing that day towards New
York damaged the new lock doors. After a security was
she allowed to continue her voyage.(1)
Note
1. Call sign NJWQ. Launched in February 1888 at the
shipyard of Russel&Co. at Greenock with yardnumber 175 for account of the
S.S. Chester&Co. Ltd. (=Hermann, Stursberg&Co.) at New York, USA.
Since 1891 Dutch-flagged (N.V. American Petroleum Company of Rotterdam, the predessor of ESSO). On 4
February 1915 while underway from New York
towards Rotterdam, Netherlands was she abandoned by
the crew during a heavy storm and set into fire. Her crew was saved by the
American steamship Philadelphia.
With a gross register tonnage of 2.834 tons, a net tonnage of 1.872 tons and a
deadweight of 3.500 tons were her dimensions 94,97 x 11,94 and a hold of 7,62 metres. The 3
cylinder triple expansion engine supplied 950 ihp allowing a speed of 9,5 knots
