Marthe

A four-masted steel barque built in 1900 by Chantiers de la Normandie, Gran Quevilly/Rouen. Dimensions: 94,84×13,71×7,38 meters [311'2"×45'0"×24'3"] and tonnage: 3255 GRT and 2432 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails. p>Sistership to the same owner's fourmasted barque Valentine (1900).

1900 August 25: Launched at the shipyard of Chantiers de la Normandie, Gran Quevilly/Rouen, for Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque.
1900 December: Delivered to the owners. Captain L. Morin.
1903-4: Sailed from France to Chile in 70 days.
1905: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, to Valparaiso in 32 days.
1917 July 6: Left Le Verdon for Valparaiso in ballast.
1917 August 2: Sunk by the German submarine U 155 at 33°38'N, 23°30'W, some 340 miles west of Madeira. Captain Leff and crew tried to defend themself against the submarine with the guns mounted aboard but had to abandon the ship after a short fight. The crew was saved by a British submarine three days later and landed at Horta, Azores.

Updated 1997-01-05 by Lars Bruzelius.

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