SS ''Cufic'' was a livestock carrier, built by

Harland & Wolff Harland & Wolff Holdings plc is a British shipbuilding and Metal fabrication, fabrication company headquartered in London with sites in Belfast, Arnish yard, Arnish, Appledore, Torridge, Appledore and Methil. It specialises in ship repair, ship ...

for the

White Star Line The White Star Line was a British shipping line. Founded out of the remains of a defunct Packet trade, packet company, it gradually grew to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo service ...

, measuring 4,639 gross registered tons, and completed on 1 December 1888. Her sister ship was the . She ran the Liverpool to New York route. In 1896, ''Cufic'' was chartered to a Spanish shipping company and was renamed ''Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe'' and transported horses between Spain and Cuba. In 1898, ''Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe'' was returned to the White Star Line and the ship was renamed ''Cufic''. She was then moved to the

Dominion Line The Dominion Line was a trans-atlantic passenger line founded in 1870 as the ''Liverpool & Mississippi Steamship Co.'', with the official name being changed in 1872 to the ''Mississippi & Dominion Steamship Co Ltd.'' The firm was amalgamated in ...

in 1901, with her name being changed to ''Manxman''. She was later sold on to a Canadian shipping line. ''Manxman'' was used as a troop transport in 1917 and in 1919, she was sold to her new owners in New York. On 18 December 1919, ''Manxman'' foundered in the North Atlantic with the loss of around 40 crew whilst transporting wheat from

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. The ship was in terrible weather. 19 people were rescued by the SS ''British Isles''.

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