SS Marietta E
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Marietta E |
| Owner | Leith Hill Shipping Co Ltd |
| Operator | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London |
| Builder | William Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow |
| Completed | June 1940 |
| Out of service | 4 March 1943 |
| Identification | UK official number 167596 |
| Fate | Sunk by torpedo |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 421.1 ft (128.4 m) p/p |
| Beam | 60.4 ft (18.4 m) |
| Draught | 28 ft 2+1⁄2 in (8.60 m) |
| Depth | 35.8 ft (10.9 m) |
| Installed power | 520 NHP |
| Propulsion | triple-expansion steam engine; single screw |
| Crew | 45 |
| 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. She had a single 520 NHP triple-expansion steam engine built by David Rowan and Company of Glasgow, 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.
She was owned by Leith Hill Shipping Co Ltd and managed by Counties Ship Management Co Ltd of London (CSM), both of which were offshoots of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company. She was named after Marietta Eustathiou, a member of Nicholas Eustathiou shipping concerns that had a major shareholding in her.
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.
