Name SS Pampa | Completed 1906 Length 124 m | |
Owner Société Générale de Transport Maritimes Fate Torpedoed and sunk on 27 August 1918 | ||
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 ( Kaiserliche Marine) 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.