SS Mendi (original) (raw)
- Die Mendi war ein 1905 in Dienst gestelltes Passagierschiff der britischen Reederei Elder Dempster & Company, das im Passagier- und Frachtverkehr zwischen Großbritannien und Westafrika eingesetzt wurde. Im Ersten Weltkrieg diente sie als Truppentransporter, bis sie am 21. Februar 1917 elf Seemeilen südlich von , der Südspitze der Isle of Wight, in dichtem Nebel nach der Kollision mit dem Frachtdampfer Darro sank. Dabei kamen 636 fast ausschließlich afrikanische Besatzungsmitglieder und Soldaten ums Leben. Obwohl ein britisches Schiff und in britischen Gewässern geschehen, ist dieses Unglück in Großbritannien größtenteils unbekannt. Großen Eindruck hinterließ es jedoch in Südafrika, da fast alle Männer an Bord von dort stammten. (de)
- SS Mendi was a British 4,230 GRT passenger steamship that was built in 1905 and, as a troopship, sank after collision with great loss of life in 1917. Alexander Stephen and Sons of Linthouse in Glasgow, Scotland launched her on 18 June 1905 for the British and African Steam Navigation Company, which appointed group company Elder Dempster & Co to manage her on their Liverpool-West Africa trades. In 1916 during the First World War the UK Admiralty chartered her as a troopship. On 21 February 1917 a large cargo steamship, , collided with her in the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight. Mendi sank, killing 646 people, mostly black South African troops, as well as white Southern African officers and NCOs, and crew. The new port admin building at the Port of Ngqura, South Africa, has been named eMendi in commemoration of the SS Mendi. (en)
- Die Mendi war ein 1905 in Dienst gestelltes Passagierschiff der britischen Reederei Elder Dempster & Company, das im Passagier- und Frachtverkehr zwischen Großbritannien und Westafrika eingesetzt wurde. (de)
- SS Mendi was a British 4,230 GRT passenger steamship that was built in 1905 and, as a troopship, sank after collision with great loss of life in 1917. Alexander Stephen and Sons of Linthouse in Glasgow, Scotland launched her on 18 June 1905 for the British and African Steam Navigation Company, which appointed group company Elder Dempster & Co to manage her on their Liverpool-West Africa trades. In 1916 during the First World War the UK Admiralty chartered her as a troopship. On 21 February 1917 a large cargo steamship, , collided with her in the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight. Mendi sank, killing 646 people, mostly black South African troops, as well as white Southern African officers and NCOs, and crew. The new port admin building at the Port of Ngqura, South Africa, has been (en)