SS Italia (1904)
"Postcard of the SS Italia" | |
History | |
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Name: | SS Italia |
Builder: | Cie. Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval, Nantes |
Launched: | 1904 |
Maiden voyage: | 1904 |
In service: | 1904 to 1917 |
Fate: | Sunk in 1917 |
SS Italia was an ocean liner launched in 1904; built by the Cie. Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval in Nantes.
During World War I it was operated by the French Navy as an armed boarding steamer of 1,305 tons. On May 30, 1917, the SS Italia was torpedoed and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine U-4 (Captain Rudolf Singule) in the Mediterranean Sea 46 miles southeast of Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy.[1]
References
- ↑ WreckSite.UE Profile
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