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SS Falaba
 Sinking of the SS Falaba
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Falaba |
| Namesake | Falaba |
| Owner | Elder, Dempster Shipping Ltd |
| Operator | Sir Alfred Jones |
| Port of registry | Liverpool |
| Builder | A Stephen & Sons, Linthouse |
| Yard number | 414 |
| Launched | 22 August 1906 |
| Completed | 1906 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo liner |
| Tonnage | 4,806 GRT, 3,011 NRT |
| Length | 380.5 ft (116.0 m) |
| Beam | 47.4 ft (14.4 m) |
| Depth | 22.9 ft (7.0 m) |
| Installed power | 654 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Capacity | passengers: 138 × 1st class; 72 × 2nd class |
| Crew | 96 |
| Notes | sister ship: Albertville |
SS Falaba was a British cargo liner. She was built in Scotland in 1906 and sunk by a U-boat in the North Atlantic in 1915. The sinking killed more than 100 people, provoking outrage in both the United Kingdom and United States.
She was the first of two Elder Dempster Lines ships that were named after the town of Falaba in Sierra Leone. The second was a motor ship that was built in 1962, sold and renamed in 1978, and scrapped in 1984.[1][2]
- ^ Haws 1990, p. 160.
- ^ "Falaba (1962)". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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