SS Chesterfield (1913)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Chesterfield |
| Operator: | Great Central Railway |
| Port of registry: |  |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter |
| Yard number: | 924 |
| Launched: | 1913 |
| Out of service: | 18 May 1918 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 1,013 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 250 feet (76 m) |
| Beam: | 34.2 feet (10.4 m) |
| Depth: | 16 feet (4.9 m) |
SS Chesterfield was a cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1913.[1]
History
The ship was built by Swan Hunter and launched in 1913. She was the first of an order of two ships from Swan Hunter, the other being Macclesfield. She was deployed on the Grimsby to Rotterdam service. [2]
She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in October 1914 and renamed HMS Chesterfield. On 18 May 1918 the fleet messenger was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 42 nautical miles (78 km) north east by east of Malta (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) by SM UC-52 with the loss of four of her crew.[3]
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