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Minnehaha, 1910

On April 1910, the Atlantic Transport’s Minnehaha ran aground on the Islands. She was caught out by the fog as she grounded east of Scilly Rock.

|Job: |First Class Liner |
|Shipping Company: |Atlantic Transport Line |
|Launched: |31 March 1900 |
|Tonnage: |13443 tons |
|Date of incident: |18 April 1910 |
|Shipping route: |London to New York |
|Ran aground: |East of Scilly Rock |

Two tugs were called out, and managed to remove her from the rocks. She was taken to Southampton where she underwent repairs.

She eventually ended her service when sunk by U-48 on 7 September 1917.