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Name | RMS Mongolia |
Builder/Built | 1891 D & W Henderson, Glasgow |
Type | Passenger / cargo steamer (Single screw) |
Displacement | 4,838 tons |
Speed | 13 knots |
Remarks
In civilian mode she had accommodation for 100 first class passengers, 80 second class, and 1,000 third class passengers. Previously used on the UK - North American routes, in 1915 she was sold to the British Admiralty. Operated by Indian & Peninsular S.N. Co., Bombay. On 21st Jul.1918 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC.70 while 5 miles off Filey Brig on voyage Middlesbrough to London, with the loss of 36 lives.