An item reported that on the 3rd the Dutch steam tanker Chester was hailed on 50 degrees North latitude and 25 degrees West longitude underway from Antwerp, Belgium towards New York, USA.(1)
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1. Callsign 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 predecessor 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.
Note
1. Callsign 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 predecessor 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.
