MINNIWASKA / ARABIC   (2ND)

SHE WAS LAID DOWN ON THE STOCKS AS THE MINNEWASKA FOR THE ATLANTIC TRANSPORT COMPANY, BUT DURING BUILDING WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE WHITE STAR LINE AND RE-NAMED ARABIC.SHE WAS A SISTER SHIP TO ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LINE'S MINNETONKA.THE TOP PICTURE SHOWS HER WITH THE WHITE STAR TENDER 'MAGNETIC' ALONGSIDE. SHE WAS TORPEDOED OFF IRELAND WITH THE LOSS OF 40 LIVES IN 1915 BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U.24, NO WARNING OF THE FORTH COMING ATTACK WAS GIVEN ,SHE SANK WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES,390 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED. AMERICA PROTESTED AT THE UN-ANNOUNCED ATTACK AND GERMANY PLEDGED THAT NO FURTHER UN-ANNOUNCED ATTACKS WOULD BE MADE - A PLEDGE THAT WAS WITHDRAWN IN 1917.AFTER THE WAR THE 'BERLIN' WAS OBTAINED FROM GERMANY AS WAR COMPENSATION AND SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'ARABIC' ( SEE 'ARABIC' THE THIRD)