Marguerite (ship)
Marguerite was a 1544-ton French ship built by Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd. of North Hylton in Sunderland in 1912.
| History | |
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| Name: | Marguerite |
| Owner: | Fernand Bouet, Caen |
| Builder: | Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd., North Hylton |
| Yard number: | 161 |
| Launched: | 1912 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 28 June 1917 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage: | 1,544 GRT |
| Length: | 79 m (259 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
| Depth: | 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 189 nhp triple expansion engine |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
On 28 June 1917 she was sailing from Rouen to Swansea when she was torpedoed and sunk in Lyme Bay by the German submarine UB-40 under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Hans Howaldt.[2][3] The wreck lies at 50°36′06″N 02°58′39″W.
See also
- Recreational diving – Diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment, usually when using scuba equipment
- Shipwreck – The remains of a ship that has wrecked
- Lists of shipwrecks – Index to Wikipedia's lists of shipwrecks
References
- "MARGUERITE CARGO SHIP 1912-1917". wrecksite.eu. 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Steamer Marguerite". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- Hall, Suzanne; McDonald, Kendall (1996). Dive South Devon. Diver Guides. Underwater World Publications. p. 166. ISBN 0-946020-24-8.
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