Ionia
Ship Number
242
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
31 October 1891
Delivered
12 January 1892
Owner
D.&C. Maclver-City of Liverpool Steam Navigation Co
Weight
6335 grt
BP Length
430 feet
Breadth
47 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
14.5 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion
Official No.
99359
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Sank
Ionia

[Englishman - Battye Library Pictorial Collection]
Launched as the Ionia for the City of Liverpool Steam Navigation Company with D & W MacIver as managers but as the company were taken over by Elder Dempster's Ocean Transport Company during completion she entered service as the Montezuma employed on their North Atlantic services.
 
In July 1898 she was acquired by the Union Steam Ship Company, renamed Sandusky and employed on the South Africa to USA service which was referred to in South Africa as the Union-America Line.
 
She was sold to Mississippi & Dominion Steam Ship Company of Liverpool, with Richards, Mills & Company as managers, and renamed Englishman in 1899.
 
In 1915 she was taken over by the British & North Atlantic Steam Navigation Companies,  Dominion Line.
 
On 24th March 1916 she was sunk after being captured by U-34 30 miles north-east of Malin Head during a voyage from Avonmouth to Portland, Maine with 10 persons lost out of a total complement of 78.