| Name: | MEDJERDA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/09/1898 |
| Completed: | 10/11/1898 |
| Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 348 |
| Dimensions: | 1983grt, 792nrt, 1640dwt, 287.5 x 36.3 x 15.8ft |
| Engines: | Q4cyl (29, 44, 51 & 51 x 45ins), 349nhp |
| Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.3knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 10/11/1898 | Compagnie de Navigation Mixte, Marseille |
| 04/11/1916 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 42 x 1st, 40 x 2nd & 40 x 3rd Class passengers |
| Contract price £48170, Profit £6550-7s-1d | |
| 12/05/1899: Started a new fast service between Port Vendres and Oran | |
| 11/10/1903: Towed into Barcelona by REMBRAND after breaking propeller shaft | |
| 04/11/1916: Attacked by a U-Boat but returned gunfire & escaped | |
| 11/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U34, 5 miles from Cape Tortosa | |
| On a voyage from Oran to Port Vendres with passengers & general cargo |
Above photo courtesy of the Casa-Rodriguez Collection
Above photo copyright of Marc Terraillon