SV Marion Lightbody while under sail.
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History | |
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Name | Marion Lightbody |
Port of registry | Turku, Russian Empire |
Builder | Henderson D. & W. & Co. Ltd. |
Yard number | 334 |
Launched | 17 April 1888 |
Completed | 1888 |
In service | 1888 |
Out of service | 8 July 1915 |
Identification | TGPQ |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk |
General characteristics | |
Type | Full-rigged ship |
Tonnage | 2,242 GRT |
Length | 88 m (288 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
Depth | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 4 masts |
Crew | 25 |
SV Marion Lightbody was a Russian full-rigged ship that was torpedoed by the Imperial German submarine U-20 in the Atlantic Ocean near the Fastnet Rock on 8 July 1915 while she was travelling from Valparaíso, Chile to Queenstown, Ireland while carrying a cargo of barley. [1]
Marion Lightbody was launched on 17 April 1888 and completed the same year at the Henderson D. & W. & Co. Ltd. shipyard in Meadowside, United Kingdom. The ship was 88 metres (288 ft 9 in) long, had a beam of 13 metres (42 ft 8 in) and had a depth of 7.3 metres (23 ft 11 in). She was assessed at 2,242 gross register tons (GRT) and had four masts. [2]
Marion Lightbody was travelling from Valparaíso, Chile to Queenstown, Ireland while carrying a cargo of barley when on 8 July 1915, she was torpedoed by the Imperial German submarine U-20 in the Atlantic Ocean near the Fastnet Rock, just over a month after the same submarine had infamously torpedoed and sunk the RMS Lusitania in the same vicinity. The 25 crewmen escaped the ship in a dinghy and were later picked up by a British patrol boat before being brought to Queenstown. [3]
The wreck of Marion Lightbody lies at ( 50°53′N 08°48′W / 50.883°N 8.800°W). [4]
SV Marion Lightbody while under sail.
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History | |
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Name | Marion Lightbody |
Port of registry | Turku, Russian Empire |
Builder | Henderson D. & W. & Co. Ltd. |
Yard number | 334 |
Launched | 17 April 1888 |
Completed | 1888 |
In service | 1888 |
Out of service | 8 July 1915 |
Identification | TGPQ |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk |
General characteristics | |
Type | Full-rigged ship |
Tonnage | 2,242 GRT |
Length | 88 m (288 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
Depth | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 4 masts |
Crew | 25 |
SV Marion Lightbody was a Russian full-rigged ship that was torpedoed by the Imperial German submarine U-20 in the Atlantic Ocean near the Fastnet Rock on 8 July 1915 while she was travelling from Valparaíso, Chile to Queenstown, Ireland while carrying a cargo of barley. [1]
Marion Lightbody was launched on 17 April 1888 and completed the same year at the Henderson D. & W. & Co. Ltd. shipyard in Meadowside, United Kingdom. The ship was 88 metres (288 ft 9 in) long, had a beam of 13 metres (42 ft 8 in) and had a depth of 7.3 metres (23 ft 11 in). She was assessed at 2,242 gross register tons (GRT) and had four masts. [2]
Marion Lightbody was travelling from Valparaíso, Chile to Queenstown, Ireland while carrying a cargo of barley when on 8 July 1915, she was torpedoed by the Imperial German submarine U-20 in the Atlantic Ocean near the Fastnet Rock, just over a month after the same submarine had infamously torpedoed and sunk the RMS Lusitania in the same vicinity. The 25 crewmen escaped the ship in a dinghy and were later picked up by a British patrol boat before being brought to Queenstown. [3]
The wreck of Marion Lightbody lies at ( 50°53′N 08°48′W / 50.883°N 8.800°W). [4]