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Marie Elsie

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1895 Marie Elsie Rodocanachi Sons
1910 Marie Elsie Scaramanga Bros.
1916 Marie Elsie London-American Maritime Trading Co. Ltd.

Fate

The steamship Marie Elsie was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-28 (Georg Schmidt), off northern Finland, on June 10th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Penarth to Archangel with a cargo of coal. 3 crew were lost. Master O.E. Fremantle.

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