Thursday 20 October 2016

1916: 20th October - the sinking of the S.S. Mombassa

On 20 Oct 1916 she was torpedoed by U39 off Cape Corbelin, Algeria (London 
for Zanzibar with general cargo). The ship went down in nine minutes but of 
the 109 crew and nineteen passengers on board only one crew member was lost.

[Laxon & Perry "BI" - fleet history]

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