SS Mesaba was a British transatlantic cargo liner built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast as yard number 319, launched on 11 September 1897 as Winifreda and completed on 17 February 1898 for the Leyland Line. Within months Atlantic Transport Line bought her and renamed her Mesaba. She measured 6,833 gross register tons and had a single screw driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine of 4,300 indicated horsepower giving 14 knots, and she was designed to carry 120 first class passengers and 800 cattle. In 1912 she sent a wireless warning of sea ice to RMS Titanic. In 1918 a German U-boat sank her by torpedo in the Irish Sea, killing 20 members of her crew.
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The third was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast as yard number 319, on slipway number 7.
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She was launched on 11 September 1897 as Winifreda, and completed on 17 February 1898.
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In 1918, a German U-boat sank Mesaba by torpedo in the Irish Sea, killing 20 members of her crew.
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The third was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast as yard number 319, on slipway number 7.
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SS Mesaba was a UK transatlantic cargo liner
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SS Mesaba was a UK transatlantic cargo liner
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SS Mesaba was a UK transatlantic cargo liner
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