The MV Murell was a 319 gross register tonnage (GRT) coaster built in 1940 by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She measured approximately 133 feet 8 inches (40.74 meters) in length, with a beam of 24 feet 7 inches (7.49 meters), a depth of 7 feet 5 inches (2.26 meters), and a draught of nearly 9 feet 7 inches (2.92 meters). The vessel was powered by a 115 nhp two-stroke Single Cycle, Single Action diesel engine manufactured by Crossley Brothers Ltd, Manchester, with six cylinders measuring 10.1 inches in diameter and a 13.1-inch stroke, driving a single screw propeller. Constructed for S Morris Ltd of Dublin, she was launched on 9 May 1940 and completed by July of the same year. Despite her Irish ownership, wartime restrictions led to her registration under the British flag, with Goole as her port of registry, and she was assigned the UK Official Number 164907 and the Code Letters MJJY. Her early service included participation in convoys such as FN 222, departing from Southend and arriving at Methil in July 1940. Her service was interrupted on 29 November 1941 when she was run down and sunk by HMS Campbelltown in the Mersey Estuary. She was subsequently salvaged in 1942, raised, and repaired at Tranmere, Cheshire. After her recovery, she was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Estuary. She resumed service in 1943, operating mainly in convoy routes between the UK and France, including the Seine Bay and Dieppe, France. Post-war, she was sold into merchant service, first to E J & W Goldsmith Ltd in 1946, renamed Goldfawn, and later to Springwell Shipping Co Ltd in 1952, renamed Creekdawn. In 1954, she was acquired by an Irish company, James Tyrrell of Arklow, and renamed Murell, a name inspired by Kathleen Muriel Tyrrell. She continued in service until 1972, when she was scrapped in Dublin. The Murell’s long operational history highlights her resilience and the varied roles she played across her nearly three decades of service.

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