Marion Lightbody (ship)

SV Marion Lightbody was a Russian full-rigged ship that was torpedoed by the Imperial German submarine SMU U-20 (Germany) in the Atlantic Ocean near the Fastnet Rock on 8 July 1915 while she was travelling from Valparaíso, Chile to Queenstown, Ireland while carrying a cargo of barley.

Construction
Marion Lightbody was launched on 17 April 1888 and completed the same year at the Henderson D. & W. & Co. Ltd. shipyard in Meadowside, United Kingdom. The ship was 88 m long, had a beam of 13 m and had a depth of 7.3 m. She was assessed at and had four masts.

Sinking
Marion Lightbody was travelling from Valparaíso, Chile to Queenstown, Ireland while carrying a cargo of barley when on 8 July 1915, she was torpedoed by the Imperial German submarine SMU U-20 (Germany) in the Atlantic Ocean near the Fastnet Rock, just over a month after the same submarine had infamously torpedoed and sunk the RMS Lusitania in the same vicinity. The 25 crewmen escaped the ship in a dinghy and were later picked up by a British patrol boat before being brought to Queenstown.

Wreck
The wreck of Marion Lightbody lies at (50.88333°N, -8.8°W).