Its nine masts meant it was high-powered enough to link all of Germany’s African colonies with Berlin ... German forces tried to slow the Allies' movement north, destroying railway bridges ...
The bell from the SS Mendi is thought to have been removed for the shipwreck in the 1980s May to visit Africa for first time as PM 'Lost' WW1 Mendi bell handed to museum The sinking of the SS ...
May to visit Africa for first time as PM 'Lost' WW1 Mendi bell handed to museum The sinking of the SS Mendi A note in the bag read: "If I handed it in myself it might not go to the rightful place.