DELPHIC / 1ST

SHE WAS BUILT IN 1897 BY HARLAND AND WOLFF AT BELFAST. SHE WAS THE FIRST VESSEL USED ON THE JOINT WHITE STAR / SHAW SAVILL & ALBION SERVICE TO NEW ZEALAND. SHE WAS USED AS A TROOP SHIP FOR THE BOER WAR IN 1900 / 1901. DURING THE WAR SHE WAS REQUISITIONED  BY THE U.K GOVERNMENT FOR THE WAR EFFORT ( LINER REQUISITION SCHEME ) SHE WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE UC.72 IN THE BISHOPS ROCK VICINITY.