The RMS Marilyn was the sister ship of the RMS Mary Ann and was launched on 12 March 1909 at the New Atlantic Navy & Defence and commissioned on 9 August 1909. She had her maiden voyage on 17 August 1909 and, like her sister, was used on the Southampton-New York and Southampton-Halifax routes. The Marilyn had an improved steam engine system compared to the Mary Ann. However, due to problems with this system, the speed had to be reduced from 18 to 17 knots. In 1915, when she was converted from an auxiliary cruiser to a troopship, the problems were largely solved. In 1914, the Marilyn was used in the First World War, first as an auxiliary cruiser and finally as a troopship.On 4 August 1917, she was sunk near the island of Alderney by a German U-boat and capsized due to extensive damage to three compartments within 5 minutes and sank 7 minutes later. Of the 524 men on board, 243 died.

Technical Data

Land: United Kingdom
Year of construction: 5 December 1906
Year of launch: 12 March 1909
Commissioned: 9 August 1909
Fate: Sunk 4. August 1917 by a German Submarine
Length: 155,52m (510,2ft)
Beam: 15,64m (51,3ftft)
Draught: 7,5m (24,6ft)
Height: 40,95m (134,3ft) (waterline to top of mast)
Boiler: 8x dubbleend Scotchboiler
Engines: 2x 4 cylinder four-expansion Reciprocating engines
Speed: cruise: 17kn (30,6km/h 19mph)
   max: 19kn (35km/h 21,7mph)
Capacity: 250 Frist Class

     330 Second Class
     710 Third Class
Crew:  352


Build by: Horus

Renders by: Axandres274, Horus

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