the sinking of mendi

The Mendi was carrying the SANLC to France, where they were due to serve as essential labour support to the ongoing fighting, when the SS Darro, a much larger mail ship, struck the troopship, in thick fog 19km south of St The Darro survived the collision but the Mendi sank quickly. leaving 607 men dead. The Mendi had already completed a 34-day journey from Cape Town when it sailed past the Isle of Wight in foggy weather on 21 February. At about 05:00 GMT, a Only 267 survived the sinking; 195 black men, two of the four white officers and