Harland and Wolff - Shipbuilding and Engineering Works

New York Times

Thursday 11 November 1915

The British transport Mercian, of 6,305 tons and owned in Liverpool, was attacked by a submarine in the Mediterranean, but escaped after twenty-three of her crew were killed and fifty others wounded by gunfire. The War Office made the following announcement tonight, telling of the attack:

"The outward bound transport Mercian was attacked by gunfire from an enemy submarine in the Mediterranean. She reached harbor safely with casualties of twenty-three killed, thirty missing, and fifty wounded, who were landed and are in a hospital."

1933 scrapped.