White Star Line - S.S. Cymric

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The copy I have of part of the War Diary of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, part of 22nd Brigade, 7th Division, (courtesy of Stephen White) states:

4th October 1914

3.15 p.m. Received orders to embark at Southampton immediately.

10.00 p.m. Embarked on S.S. "Cymric". Strength 1002 All Rks.

6th October 1914

Disembarked at ZEE-BRUGGE and railed to OOSTCAMP (4 miles South of BRUGES) went into billets 1 Coy on Outpost.

"CYMRIC 1897

12,552 gross tons, length 585.5ft x beam 64.3ft, two funnels, three masts, twin screw and a speed of 15 knots. Accommodation for 150-1st and 1,160-3rd class passengers. Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, she was launched for the White Star Line on 12th Oct.1897. Her maiden voyage started on 11th Feb.1898 when she left Liverpool for New York. In 1900 she made two voyages to South Africa as a Boer War transport and on 6th Nov.1903 she started her last Liverpool - New York voyage. She transferred to Liverpool - Boston voyages on 10th Dec.1903 and her 1st class accommodation was re-classified as 2nd class. On 20th Dec.1914 she resumed the Liverpool - New York route and commenced her final voyage on 13th Apr.1916. She was torpedoed by the German submarine U.20 while 140 miles NW of Fastnet on 8th May 1916 and sank the following day with the loss of five lives.[North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.760]"

From http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsCC.html

Other links http://shawsavillships.co.uk/cymric.htm

and http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/discu...html?1014525886

Regards

Richard