SS Pampa (1906)

History
France
Name:	SS Pampa
Owner:	Société Générale de Transport Maritimes
Builder:	London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company
Completed:	1906
Fate:	Torpedoed and sunk on 27 August 1918
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ocean liner
Tonnage:	4,471 GRT
Length:	124.4 m
Beam:	14.4 m
Height:	9 m
Installed power:	531 n.h.p.
Speed:	max. 16 knots
Capacity:	1st Class : 280 passengers 2nd Class: 130 passengers 3rd Class : 900 passengers

SS Pampa was a French ocean liner converted into a troopship in world War I, which was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 84 nautical miles (156 km) east of Valletta, Malta by SM UC-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 117 lives.^[1]

The Pampa was built as an ocean liner for service between Marseille and South-America. The ship was requisitioned by the Army and converted into a troop ship for use in World War I.

On 27 August 1918, she was sailing with French soldiers on board from Marseille via Bizerte to Thessaloniki in a convoy consisting of 5 other transport ships and 4 destroyers. She was torpedoed at 03:30 by German U-boat SM UC-22, commanded by Eberhard Weichold. She sank at 04:20, 84 nautical miles (156 km) east of Malta, causing the death of 117 soldiers.

Sources

• Pages 14-18 discussions
• Wreck site
• Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: {{{name}}}". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net. 
• The Pampa in the Clydebuilt Ships Database (with image)
• A postcard with the Pampa from 1909

References