She was torpedoed by SM UC-35 195 nautical miles (361 km) east of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea on 23 March 1916 with the loss of 12 of her crew, while she was travelling from Marseille, France to Alexandria, Egypt in ballast.

[1] Minneapolis was constructed in 1899 for the Atlantic Transport Line at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, United Kingdom.

By dawn the following day, Minneapolis launched her remaining lifeboats, which managed to rescue 30 male passengers from Volturno.

[4] On 23 March 1916, Minneapolis was travelling from Marseille, France to Alexandria, Egypt with 178 crew and a single passenger on board, while carrying 60 tons of horse fodder under the command of Captain Francis Overman Hasker.

When she was struck amidships by a torpedo from SM UC-35 195 nautical miles (361 km) east of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea.