SS Pampa (1906)

History
France
Name	SS Pampa
Owner	Société Générale de Transport Maritimes
Builder	London and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company
Launched	16 August 1906
Completed	1906
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk on 27 August 1918
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	4,471 GRT
Length	124.4 m
Beam	14.4 m
Height	9 m
Installed power	531 n.h.p.
Speed	max. 16 knots
Capacity	1st Class : 280 passengers 2nd Class: 130 passengers 3rd Class : 900 passengers

SS Pampa was a French ocean liner converted into a troopship in world War I, which was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 84 nautical miles (156 km) east of Valletta, Malta by SM UC-22 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 117 lives.

The Pampa was built as an ocean liner for service between Marseille and South-America. The ship was requisitioned by the Army and converted into a troop ship for use in World War I.

On 27 August 1918, she was sailing with French soldiers on board from Marseille via Bizerte to Thessaloniki in a convoy consisting of 5 other transport ships and 4 destroyers. She was torpedoed at 03:30 by German U-boat SM UC-22, commanded by Eberhard Weichold. She sank at 04:20, 84 nautical miles (156 km) east of Malta, causing the death of 117 soldiers.

Sources

• Pages 14-18 discussions Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
• Wreck site
• Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: {{{name}}}". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net.
• The Pampa in the Clydebuilt Ships Database (with image)
• A postcard with the Pampa from 1909