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Mars
Launched on March 14th 1902
by John Brown at Clydebank (the former Thomson yard)
Engines : Compound diagonal, 28.25 and 53 in x 54 in
Dimensions : 200.4 ft x 26.1 ft
317 Gross Registered Tons
Sailed on the Clyde until
requisitioned by the Admiralty as HMS Marsa during World War I
Survived the hostilities but a freak accident dictated that she never
returned to the Clyde.
Sank after a collision with a naval destroyer off Harwich on 18th
November 1918
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