Falaba

Elder Dempster Line

Length:	380.5 ft.
Breadth:	47.4 ft.
Draft (or Depth):	22.9 ft.
Tonnage:	4,806 (gross); 3,011 (net)
Engines:	Steam; triple expansion; 424 n.h.p
Speed:	14 knots
Builder:	Stephen & Sons Ltd., Alexander Stephen, Glasgow, Scotland. (Yard No. 414)
Launched:	August 22, 1906
Maiden Voyage:
Disposition:	March 28, 1915 - attacked and sunk by U-28.
Particulars:	Port of Registry: Liverpool, England Flag of Registry: British Funnel color: Yellow Company flag: White swallow-tail with tapering edges, a red St George's cross bearing a yellow royal crown in the centre Signal Letters: Wireless call letters: M Z K Details:

Relationship to Lusitania disaster / inquiry.

Referred to during the testimony of Alfred Booth (Chairman of Cunard) and Albert Laslett (Board of Trade Engineer and Ship Surveyor at Liverpool).

Data:

August 22, 1906

Launched.

March 28, 1915

Attacked and sunk by German submarine U-28 about 60 miles west of St. Ann's Head. After giving warning (the amount of time of which is disputed) U-28 fired one torpedo into Falaba, killing 104 people.

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