Marguerite (ship)

Marguerite was a 1,544-ton French ship built by Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd. of North Hylton in Sunderland in 1912.

History
France
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 [1]
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)

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.^[2][3] The wreck lies at 50°36′06″N 02°58′39″W.