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
Elder Dempster Lines
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Elder Dempster Lines was a UK shipping company that traded from 1932 to 2000, but had its origins in the mid-19th century.
Abosso (7,782 GRT), built in 1912 and sunk by enemy action in 1917, killing 65 people
Share of the Elder Dempster and Company, Ltd, issued 5 May 1916
Mendi (4,222 GRT), built in 1905 and sunk in a wartime collision in 1917, killing 646 people
Apapa (11,651 GRT), built in 1948 to replace an earlier Apapa sunk in 1940