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Name: MARJORIE S
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/01/1923
Completed: 03/1923
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1193
Dimensions: 1742grt, 979nrt, 253.0 x 37.2 x 22.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 214nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 145510
History:
09/03/1923 Monkseaton Steamship Co Ltd (EL Anderson), Newcastle
1928 Cie des Affrèteurs Français, Rouen; renamed COURCELLES
1929 Constants (South Wales) Ltd (M Constant), Cardiff
1929 Renamed RUCKINGE
1936 Watts Shipping Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co Ltd), London
1936 Renamed MORTLAKE
1938 Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd (JA Billmeir & Co Ltd), London
1938 Renamed STANLAKE
14/04/1943 Sank
Comments: 14/04/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by a German MTB S12 when
12 miles from Lizard Head on a voyage from Portland to Barry in ballast


Above photo as MARJORIE S is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as RUCKINGE is copyright of Leslie W Hansen