Name: | MARSDEN |
Launched: | 07/06/1917 |
Completed: | 09/1917 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 303 |
Dimensions: | 195grt, 17nrt, 100.2 x 24.0 x 11.2ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (20 & 42 x 27ins), 98nhp, 700ihp |
Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137265 |
History: | |
09/1917 | Sunderland Towage Co Ltd; registered at Sunderland |
05/1918 | France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd, Sunderland |
04/1921 | British Tanker Co Ltd; registered at Swansea; renamed MUMBLES |
25/02/1931 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 09/1917: Purchased from builder for £12,500 |
10/1917: Hired by the Admiralty | |
11/1919: Returned to owners | |
25/02/1931: Wrecked at Oxwich Point, Swansea Bay |
Above photo of MUMBLES aground is courtesy of the WT Goldsworthy collection