Marguerite (ship) facts for kids
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| Name | Marguerite |
| Owner | Fernand Bouet, Caen |
| Builder | Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd., North Hylton |
| Yard number | 161 |
| Launched | 28 November 1911 |
| Fate | Sunk, 28 June 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| 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) |
Marguerite was a 1544-ton French ship built by Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd. of North Hylton in Sunderland in 1912.
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. The wreck lies at 50°36′06″N 02°58′39″W / 50.60167°N 2.97750°W.
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