RMS Mongolia
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History | |
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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.
List of soldiers carried
Edward Henson Broadhurst
Frank William Dowell
John Francis Grabham MM
Herbert Sherwood Marsh