SS Australien (1889) explained
SS Australien was a French passenger ship that was sunk during
World War I on 19 July 1918 in the
Mediterranean Sea 26nmi 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.
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Notes and References
- http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132082 SS Australien (+1918).
- Web site: Australien . Uboat.net . 20 December 2012.
- French liners sunk . 14 August 1918 . 6 . 41868 . B .