An item dated London 11 November reported that the transport Southland while underway towards Alexandria was torpedoed in the second half of September in the Aegeic Sea but still managed ‘on own steam’ to arrive at Mudros. The same evening were the troops on board disembarked and transferred to other transports. Casualties were nine dead, two wounded and 22 missing probably drowned.(1)
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1. On 12 July 1900 for the Red Star Line launched at the shipyard of John Brown&Company at Clydebank, Glasgow with yard number 341 as the steamship Vaterland and serving on the line Antwerp-New York in the beginning British-flagged after 1903 Belgian. When the First World War started again British flagged and converted at Liverpool as a troop transport transporting Canadian troops from Halifax to Liverpool. In 1915 renamed Southland when operated by the White Star-Dominion. With a gross tonnage of 11,899 were her main dimensions 170,94 x 18,4 metres or 550’10” x 60’2’”. Her crew as passenger ship numbered 121 men and she had an accommodation for 1,162. She was lost when torpedoed by the German submarine U-70 on 4 June 1917 on a distance of 140 nautical miles northwest of Tory island The attack mentioned in the news item found place on 2 September when she was attacked by the German submarine UB-30.
Note
1. On 12 July 1900 for the Red Star Line launched at the shipyard of John Brown&Company at Clydebank, Glasgow with yard number 341 as the steamship Vaterland and serving on the line Antwerp-New York in the beginning British-flagged after 1903 Belgian. When the First World War started again British flagged and converted at Liverpool as a troop transport transporting Canadian troops from Halifax to Liverpool. In 1915 renamed Southland when operated by the White Star-Dominion. With a gross tonnage of 11,899 were her main dimensions 170,94 x 18,4 metres or 550’10” x 60’2’”. Her crew as passenger ship numbered 121 men and she had an accommodation for 1,162. She was lost when torpedoed by the German submarine U-70 on 4 June 1917 on a distance of 140 nautical miles northwest of Tory island The attack mentioned in the news item found place on 2 September when she was attacked by the German submarine UB-30.
