ORTONA / ARCADIAN

ORTONA WAS BUILT IN 1899 BY VICKERS, SONS & MAXIM AT BARROW.DURING THE BOER WAR SHE WAS USED AS A TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP  ( TRANSPORT VESSEL NO.12 ) THE ROYAL MAIL LINE BOUGHT HER FROM PSNC IN 1906. IN 1910 SHE WAS RE-NAMED ARCADIAN. SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE IN 1917 WHILST IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,  ACTING AS A TROOP CARRIER.