HMS Bayano (1913)

HMS Bayano, built in 1913, was originally a banana boat for the Elders & Fyffes line. At the outbreak of the First World War it was commandeered by the Royal Navy on 21 November 1914 as an armed merchant cruiser. On 11 March 1915, it was torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-27 and sank within minutes, killing around 200 of its crew. Twenty-six survivors were pulled from the water.