SS Lake Manitoba (1901)

At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, Lake Manitoba was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a troopship and repainted in the iconic Dazzle camouflage. She served mainly to carry Australian troops to Europe and ran aground while approaching Kuwait on 27 December 1915, but was refloated four hours later and continued on to Basra without further incident. She escaped serious damage again when she was laid up in Port Said on 21 May 1916, which saw hostile aircraft bomb the town and harbour. In October 1917, the ship was part of a convoy of 15 ships that were sailing from Sydney to Liverpool while being escorted by HMS Carnarvon. near the end of the war, Lake Manitoba was laid up in Montreal, when on 26 August 1918, the ship was gutted by a fire and had to be scuttled. She was refloated the following month and sold by the underwriters to Bishop Navigation Co. Ltd. on 8 October 1918. The ship was refitted to be an only cargo carrying ship and renamed to Iver Heath before she resumed her North Atlantic service the following year as the war had come to an end.^[3]

Lake Manitoba received minor damage on 27 July 1921 when she collided with the steamer Nesco while both were at anchor in Bristol, as the tide had made both ships swing towards each other. Not long after, on 28 September 1921, Lake Manitoba was sold to the Canada Steamship Lines before she was sold again to Stelp & Leighton's Crete Shipping Co. Ltd. on 25 July 1923. The following year, Lake Manitoba was withdrawn from service and taken to Bremen to be scrapped.^[3]