SS Pampa (1906)
| History | |
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 France
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| Name: | SS Pampa |
| Owner: | Société Générale de Transport Maritimes |
| Builder: | London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company |
| Completed: | 1906 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk on 27 August 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 4,471 GRT |
| Length: | 124.4 m |
| Beam: | 14.4 m |
| Height: | 9 m |
| Installed power: | 531 n.h.p. |
| Speed: | max. 16 knots |
| Capacity: |
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SS Pampa was an French ocean liner converted into a troopship in world War I, which was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 84 nautical miles (156 km) east of Valletta, Malta by SM UC-22 (
Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 117 lives.[1]
The Pampa was built as an ocean liner for service between Marseille and South-America. The ship was requisitioned by the Army and converted into a troop ship for use in World War I.
On 27 August 1918, she was sailing with French soldiers on board from Marseille via Bizerte to Thessaloniki in a convoy consisting of 5 other transport ships and 4 destroyers. She was torpedoed at 03:30 by German U-boat SM UC-22, commanded by Eberhard Weichold. She sank at 04:20, 84 nautical miles (156 km) east of Malta, causing the death of 117 soldiers.
Sources
- Pages 14-18 discussions
- Wreck site
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: {{{name}}}". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net.
- The Pampa in the Clydebuilt Ships Database (with image)
- A postcard with the Pampa from 1909
References
- ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Pampa". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 April 2015.