SS Marquette (1897)
SS Marquette | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
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| Port of registry | London |
| Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 373 |
| Launched | 25 November 1897 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 23 October 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo steamship |
| Tonnage | 7,057 GRT |
| Length | 486 ft 6 in (148.29 m) |
| Beam | 52 ft 4 in (15.95 m) |
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| Installed power | 770 nominal horsepower |
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| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Range | Bunker capacity: 1,100 tons |
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SS Marquette was a British troopship of 7,057 tons which was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 36 nautical miles (67 km) south of Salonica, Greece on 23 October 1915 by SM U-35, with the loss of 167 lives.
The ship was originally planned as SS Boadicea, for the Wilson and Furness-Leyland Line, but was acquired by the Atlantic Transport Line shortly after completion to replace ships requisitioned during the Spanish–American War. She made a single voyage under the name Boadicea, and was renamed Marquette on 15 September 1898.