SS Australien
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Australien |
| Owner | Messageries Maritimes, Marseille |
| Builder | Messageries Maritimes, La Ciotat |
| Yard number | 66 |
| Launched | 1889 |
| Completed | February 1890 |
| Fate | Sunk on 19 July 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6,659 GRT |
| Length | 152.5 m (500 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 15.1 m (49 ft 6 in) |
| Depth | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 818 nhp |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | 3-masted barque rigged |
| Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
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; 30 mi) 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]
See also
References
- ^ SS Australien (+1918). Wreck Site. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Australien". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "French liners sunk". The Times. No. 41868. London. 14 August 1918. col. B, p. 6.
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