Penarth Dock, South Wales - 150 years - the heritage and legacy  
Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .

Volume Ten - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Even more aspects - The Lloyd's Register at Penarth Dock . . .

s.s. 'Marie Suzanne'

 

The s.s. 'Marie Suzanne' was general cargo, single screw steamer launched during May 1898 at yard of William Gray & Company Limited at West Hartlepool. She was of 3,106 gross and 1,980 net register tons being 330.0 ft. in length x 48.5 ft. breath x 21.6 ft. depth. She was registered at the Port of London and owned by the Marie Elsie Steamship Company Limited. She changed ownership in 1912 and 1917 before being requisitioned by the Admiralty for WWI duties. On the 19th August 1918 she was torpedoed by UC37 when 47 miles off Mudros Bay on passage from Penarth for Mudros and Salonica with a cargo of coal. [833]

 
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