| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Marietta E |
| Owner | Leith Hill Shipping Co Ltd[1] |
| Operator | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London[1][2] |
| Builder | William Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow[1][2] |
| Completed | June 1940[2] |
| Out of service | 4 March 1943[2] |
| Identification | UK official number 167596[1] |
| Fate | Sunk by torpedo[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 421.1 ft (128.4 m)[1] p/p |
| Beam | 60.4 ft (18.4 m)[1] |
| Draught | 28 ft 2+1⁄2 in (8.60 m) |
| Depth | 35.8 ft (10.9 m)[1] |
| Installed power | 520 NHP[1] |
| Propulsion | triple-expansion steam engine; single screw[1] |
| Crew | 45[2] |
| Notes | sister ships: SS Kingston Hill, SS Lulworth Hill, SS Michael E, SS Primrose Hill |
SS Marietta E was a British cargo ship completed by William Hamilton & Co in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde in June 1940.[1] She had a single 520 NHP triple-expansion steam engine built by David Rowan and Company of Glasgow,[1] that drove a single screw. She had eight corrugated furnaces heating two 225 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of 7,643 square feet (710 m2), plus one auxiliary boiler.[1]
She was owned by Leith Hill Shipping Co Ltd and managed by Counties Ship Management Co Ltd of London[1] (CSM), both of which were offshoots of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company.[3] She was named after Marietta Eustathiou, a member of Nicholas Eustathiou shipping concerns that had a major shareholding in her.[3]
Marietta E was a sister ship of SS Michael E, SS Lulworth Hill and SS Primrose Hill, which also were managed by CSM and owned by companies associated with R&K.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Lloyd's Register, Steam Ships and motorships (PDF). Lloyd's Register. 1943. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Helgason, Guðmundur (1995–2010). "Marietta E." uboat.net. Guðmundur Helgason. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ^ a b Fenton, Roy (2006). "Counties Ship Management 1934-2007". LOF-News. p. 1. Retrieved 30 June 2010.