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Marlowe
Built in 1905 by Rennie at Greenwich, as subcontractor to J I Thornycroft of Southampton
Engines : Compound Diagonal by Scott of Greenock
Length : 130 feet
120 Gross Registered Tonnes

Served London County Council's River Thames service from Greenwich to Hammersmith from 1905-1907
Taken over by the City Steamboat co for the 1910 and 1911 seasons for continued use through London
Sold for service on the Rhein in Germany by the Mulheimer Shipping Co as Aducht
Sold for use on the River Vistula in 1920

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