SS Australien (1889)
SS Australien was a French passenger ship that was sunk during World War I on 19 July 1918 in the Mediterranean Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) northeast of Cap Bon, Tunisia, by a torpedo fired by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UC-54. Three of her 951 passengers and seventeen of her crew died in the sinking.[1][2][3]
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| History | |
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| Name: | SS Australien |
| Owner: | Messageries Maritimes, Marseille |
| Builder: | Messageries Maritimes, La Ciotat |
| Yard number: | 66 |
| Launched: | 1889 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 19 July 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 6,659 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 152.5 m (500 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.1 m (50 ft) |
| Depth: | 10.4 m (34 ft) |
| Installed power: | 818 nhp |
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| Sail plan: | 3-masted barque rigged |
| Speed: | 17.5 kn (20.1 mph) |
See also
References
- SS Australien (+1918). Wreck Site. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- "Australien". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- "French liners sunk". The Times (41868). London. 14 August 1918. col B, p. 6.
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