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Name: MARSHAL SOULT launched as M 14
Type: Monitor
Keel: 02/1915
Launched: 24/08/1915
Completed: 02/11/1915
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 860
Dimensions: 6050disp - 6900disp, 340.0 x 90.3 x 10.4(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, Vickers-Admiralty type, 8cyl (17 x 27ins), 1500bhp
Engines by: Vickers Ltd, Barrow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 6.6knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 1 x 2 x 15.0ins, 2 x 1 x 12pdr QF, 1 x 3pdr AA, 2 x 2pdr HA guns
History:
02/11/1915 British Royal Navy
10/07/1946 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Marshal Ney Class of monitors
Launched as M14
03/1940: Armament removed & converted to a depot ship for trawlers
10/07/1946: Sold for breaking up to BISCO - British Iron & Steel Corporation Ltd
05/08/1946: Arrived at Troon for breaking up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd


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