SS Mendi
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SS Mendi was a British 4,230 GRT passenger steamship that was built in 1905 and, as a troopship, sank after collision with great loss of life in 1917.
Mendi dressed overall
The destroyer HMS Brisk, which escorted Mendi and rescued survivors
SS Mendi Memorial, University of Cape Town
Troopship
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A troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime. Troopships were often drafted from commercial shipping fleets, and were unable to land troops directly on shore, typically loading and unloading at a seaport or onto smaller vessels, either tenders or barges.
Soldiers climb down netting on the sides of the attack transport USS McCawley on 14 June 1943, rehearsing for landings on New Georgia.
USS DuPage, a Bayfield-class attack transport underway with its complement of landing craft
Nicknamed the "Grey Ghost", RMS Queen Mary holds the all-time record for most troops on one passage, 15,740 on a late July 1943 run from the U.S. to Europe.
A U.S. General G. O. Squier-class troop transport