On this day (26th January) WW1 Shipwreckollections

SS Matheran (I) (1906-1917)

British merchant steamer SS Matheran was built in 1906 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. She was owned, at the time of her loss, by Brocklebank T., & J. Ltd, Liverpool.

On 26 January 1917, as Matheran approached Cape Town carrying a cargo of salt, industrial supplies, mail and racehorses, she was sunk by a mine from the prolific German raider SMS Wolf, nine miles West from Dassen Island.  Sadly, one crew member was lost during the attack.

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