SS Pampa (1906)

SS Pampa was an French ocean liner converted into a troopship in world War I, which was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 84 nmi east of Valletta, Malta by SMU UC-22 with the loss of 117 lives.

The Pampa was built as an ocean liner for service between Marseille and South-America. The ship was requisitioned by the Army and converted into a troop ship for use in World War I.

On 27 August 1918, she was sailing with French soldiers on board from Marseille via Bizerte to Thessaloniki in a convoy consisting of 5 other transport ships and 4 destoyers. She was torpedoed at 03h30 by German U-boat SMU UC-22, commanded by Eberhard Weichold. She sank at 04h20, 84 nmi east of Malta, causing the death of 117 soldiers.