Horse transport lost with all men on board according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 25 January 1902

An item reported that a transport which departed on Christmas Fiume towards South Africa sunk with all men (including 40 inhabitants of Fiume responsible for taken care of the horses) and 900 horses on board.

Note

1. The Second Boer War found place between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902 and ended in a defeat of the Boers and regaining British sovereignty of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal). In 1920 became the Union of South Africa part of the Commonwealth.