| Name: | CITY OF MARSEILLES |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 26/10/1912 |
| Completed: | 01/1913 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 819 |
| Dimensions: | 8250grt, 5289nrt, 469.3 x 57.9 x 32.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl (20.25, 29.25, 42.25 & 61 x 45ins), 851nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 135436 |
| History: | |
| 23/01/1913 | Ellerman Lines Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1918 | Registered at Glasgow |
| 21/01/1943 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 141 x 1st Class & 46 x 2nd Class passengers |
| 06/01/1940: Damaged by a mine off Dundee & repaired on the Clyde | |
| 21/01/1943: Wrecked 1nm off Batticaloa, Ceylon | |
| On voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta carrying general cargo | |
| 1947: Refloated and broken up |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Turnwald
Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Belfast News-Letter, Saturday, 01/02/1913