Name: | THE MARCHIONESS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/12/1923 |
Completed: | 01/1924 |
Builder: | Charles Rennoldson & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 210 |
Dimensions: | 799grt, 356nrt, 190.1 x 29.7 x 12.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16, 27 & 44 x 30ins), 137nhp |
Engines by: | Wm Beardmore & Co Ltd, Coatbridge |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 147882 |
History: | |
02/02/1924 | J Hay & Sons Ltd, Glasgow |
10/02/1950 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/02/1950: Sank after a collision with DURMITOR off West Thurrock, River Thames |
When inwards from Plymouth for London in ballast | |
Subsequently refloated and beached | |
Broken up by TW Ward Ltd at Grays, Essex |