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SS Australien (1889)

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History
NameSS Australien
OwnerMessageries Maritimes, Marseille
BuilderMessageries Maritimes, La Ciotat
Yard number66
Launched1889
CompletedFebruary 1890
FateSunk on 19 July 1918
General characteristics
Tonnage6,659 gross register tons (GRT)
Length152.5 m (500 ft)
Beam15.1 m (50 ft)
Depth10.4 m (34 ft)
Installed power818 nhp
Propulsion
Sail plan3-masted barque rigged
Speed17.5 kn (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) 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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References

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  1. ^ SS Australien (+1918). Wreck Site. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Australien". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. ^ "French liners sunk". The Times. No. 41868. London. 14 August 1918. col B, p. 6.