SS Ebani

SS Ebani was a cargo steamship that was built in England in 1912 and scrapped in Belgium in 1950. She was renamed Maristella in 1938, Rio Atuel in 1941, and reverted to Maristella in 1946. She was built for the British & African Steam Navigation Company (BASN), which was part of Elder, Dempster & Co. She was the hospital ship HMHS Ebani from 1914 until 1919. Elder, Dempster sold her to Italian owners in 1938. Argentina interned her in 1940, took her over in 1941, and returned her to her owners in 1946. She was damaged by a mine in the North Sea in 1948, and not repaired. She was the second of three Elder, Dempster ships that were called Ebani. The first was a steamship that was launched in 1896, and sold and renamed in 1898. The third was a motor ship that was launched in 1952, and sold and renamed in 1977.

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