VADERLAND  / SOUTHLAND

LAUNCHED FOR THE RED STAR LINE. SHE WAS SISTER SHIP TO ' ZEELAND '.SHE CAME UNDER WHITE STAR LINE CONTROL IN 1914.SHE WAS  RE-NAMED 'SOUTHLAND' IN 1915 AND USED AS A TROOP SHIP.SHE WAS TORPEDOED IN THE AEGEAN BUT SURVIVED,BUT  IN 1917 WHILST OF NORTHERN IRELAND SHE WAS HIT TWICE BY TORPEDO'S FROM THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U70 AND SANK,WITH THE LOSS OF FOUR CREW MEMBERS.