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SS Minnewaska, built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast in 1909 and owned at the time of her loss by Atlantic Transport Co. Ltd., Belfast, was a British passenger steamer. On November 29th, 1916, Minnewaska, on a voyage from Alexandria (Egypt) to Malta with a cargo of troops, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-23 (Johannes Kirchner), 1.5 miles southeast of Suda Bay, Crete (Greece). There were no casualties.
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References
- Dounis Ch. Shipwrecks in the Greek Seas. 1900-1950 (vol. A). Athens: Finatec, 2000, p. 553
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Passenger steamer Minnewaska – Ships hit by U-boats – German and Austrian U-boats of World War One – Kaiserliche Marine – uboat.net [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/4171.html (accessed 9.11.21).
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WRECKSITE – MINNEWASKA CARGO SHIP 1909-1916 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?123827 (accessed 9.11.21).
