SS Italia (1904)

"Postcard of the SS Italia"
History
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

  1. WreckSite.UE Profile
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