Name: | MARSA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/09/1928 |
Completed: | 03/11/1928 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 493 |
Dimensions: | 4405grt, 2738nrt, 370.0 x 52.3 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 341nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 160601 |
History: | |
31/10/1928 | Cory & Strick (Steamers) Ltd (FC Strick & Co), London |
1943 | United British Shipping (Haldin & Phillipps, managers) |
21/11/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/11/1943: Bombed and sunk 610 miles SW of Lands End |
On a voyage from Oran to Ardrossan with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox