AFRIC

BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST AND LAUNCHED IN 1899 FOR WHITE STAR LINE AUSTRALIAN TRADE.SHE HAD REFRIGERATED CARGO SPACE AND COULD CARRY 350 PASSENGERS.SHE WAS 11,948 TONNES.SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY THE  GERMAN SUBMARINE  UC-66  IN 1917 WHILST IN THE VICINITY OF THE EDDYSTONE ROCK, EN-ROUTE FROM LIVERPOOL / DEVONPORT TO SYDNEY.THE UC-66 WAS HERSELF TO BE SUNK IN THE SAME YEAR IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.