RMS Mongolia
From Our Contribution
 Postcard of the S.S. Mongolia (2) seen in Port Said, Egypt | |
 S.S. Mongolia is seen here in Melbourne Australia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | RMS Mongolia |
| Owner | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Greenock |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Yard number | 302 |
| Launched | 13 Aug 1903 |
| In service | 1904 |
| Out of service | 1917 |
| Fate | mined 24 Jun 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 9,505 tons |
| Length | 520.9 ft (158.73m) |
| Beam | 58.3 ft (17.75m) |
| Depth | 24.8 ft (7.52m) |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 19 knots (35.19 km/h) |
Contents
Remarks
In civilian mode she had accommodation for 100 first class passengers, 80 second class, and 1,000 third class passengers. Previously used on the UK - North American routes, in 1915 she was sold to the British Admiralty, and operated by Indian & Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., Bombay.
On 24 Jun 1917 when 50 nautical miles south by west of Bombay, inward from London with passengers and mail, she struck a mine laid by SMS Wolf. Many fo the survivors made it by lifeboat to a nearby island from which they were later rescued.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 22 November - 14 December 1915
- Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett
- Frank Orlando Dawson
- † Frank William Dowell
- † Rudolf Eberhardt
- Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann
- John Francis Grabham MM
- Edward Henry Hanrahan
- William Joseph Hayden
- Herbert George Lewis
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
- Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM
- † George Scrivener
- Amos Roy (Roy) Smith
- Edward Harris (Ted) Smith
- Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier
- William Charles Woodland
Fremantle to Port Suez 17 July - 18 August 1916
Notes
There is considerable confusion on a number of internet sites between the Mongolia built in 1903 by Caird & Co which struck a mine and sank in 1917 with the Mongolian built by William Denny & Bros that was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1918. On the casis of probability I have provided details of the 1903 version which was sailing from Australian ports during 1916.