- SS Marietta E
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Career 
Name: SS Marietta E Operator: Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London[1] Builder: William Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow[1] Completed: June 1940[1] Out of service: 4 March 1943[1] Fate: Sunk by torpedo[1] General characteristics Type: cargo ship Tonnage: 7,628 long tons (8,543 ST; 7,750 t) gross tonnage[1] Length: 421 ft (128 m) Beam: 61 ft (19 m) Draught: 35 ft (11 m) Propulsion: Steam Crew: 45[1] SS Marietta E was completed by William Hamilton & Co in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde in June 1940.[1] She was managed by Counties Ship Management Ltd of London, an offshoot of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company.[2] She was named after Marietta E Kulukundis, a member of the Kulukundis family that had a major shareholding in her.[2]
Sinking
Early in 1943 she sailed from New York, bound for Alexandria in Egypt via Durban and Aden.[1] She was laden with a cargo of government and commercial stores and deck cargo of eight LCPL landing craft.[1] In Durban she joined convoy DN-21 to Alexandria via Aden.[1] At 0346 hrs on 4 March in the Indian Ocean east of East London U-160 fired two torpedoes at the convoy, one of which sank the Marietta E killing four crew and a gunner.[1] South African Navy rescue launch R8 rescued the Master, 33 crew and six gunners and landed them at Durban.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Helgason, Guðmundur (1995-2010). "Marietta E.". uboat.net. Guðmundur Helgason. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2713.html. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ^ a b Fenton, Roy (2006). "Counties Ship Management 1934-2007". LOF-News. p. 1. http://www.lof-news.co.uk/CountiesHistory/Counties1.htm. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
Further reading
- Sedgwick, Stanley (1993) [1992]. Kinnaird, Mark; O'Donoghue, K.J.. eds. London & Overseas Freighters, 1948-92: A Short History. World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617681.
- Sedgwick, Stanley; Sprake, R.F. (1977). London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949-1977. World Ship Society. ISBN 0905617010.
Categories:- Clyde-built ships
- Steamships of the United Kingdom
- 1940 ships
- Ships of Counties Ship Management
- Maritime incidents in 1943
- Ships sunk by German submarines
- World War II shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean
- World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom
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