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SS ''Vestris'' was a 1912 passenger steamship owned by Lamport & Holt Line and used in their New York to River Plate service. On 12 November 1928 she began listing about 200 miles off Hampton Roads, Virginia, was abandoned, and sank, killing more than 100 people. Her wreck is thought to rest some beneath the North Atlantic. The sinking, which attracted much press coverage at the time, remains notable for the loss of life, particularly of women and children, after the vessel was abandoned.〔〔 * *〕 The sinking and subsequent inquiries may also have shaped the second International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) in 1929. ==History== Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd. of Belfast, Ireland built ''Vestris'' in 1912. She was the third of an order of three V-class sister ships from the same yard, the others being ''Vandyck'' and ''Vauban''. They were built for the New York to River Plate service. ''Vestris'' was launched 16 May 1912 and made her maiden voyage on 19 September 1912 from Liverpool to River Plate. ''Vestris'' was chartered as a military transport in World War I to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the United States to France. While on this service she was narrowly missed by a torpedo in the English Channel. In 1919 Cunard Line chartered ''Vestris'' and she operated six circular services; Buenos Aires – Liverpool – New York – Buenos Aires.〔 According to A. A. Hoehling ''Vestris'' was among the last ships in contact with in 1918. In September 1919, ''Vestris'', carrying 550 people, suffered damage from a fire in her coal bunkers. The crew fought the fire for four days before either 〔 or escorted the ship to Saint Lucia in the West Indies. Several days later the fire was extinguished.〔 In 1922 the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company briefly chartered ''Vestris''.〔 ''Vestris'' sank 12 November 1928. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Vestris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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