A product of Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Atlantic Transport's Minneapolis
was launched in November 1899. The eldest of three sisters --
Minnehaha
and
Minnetonka (I)
were the others -- Minneapolis made her maiden voyage,
Belfast-New York-London on 10 May 1900. She then entered ATL's regular
London-New York service.
Taken over as a troop transport when World War I began, Minneapolis sank
in the Mediterranean northeast of Malta on 23 March 1916, two days after
being torpedoed by U 35. There were 12 fatalities among the 189 people
on board.
Sources: Bonsor's North Atlantic Seaway; Wiliams' Wartime Disasters at
Sea.
