Polynesien
Name | Polynesien |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 6,373 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1890
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Builder | Messageries Maritimes, La Ciotat
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Operator | Messageries Maritimes, Marseille
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Polynesien
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 10 Aug 1918 | UC 22 (Eberhard Weichold) | Sunk | Torpedoed 7 miles off Grand Harbour, Valetta
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| Marseille & Bizerta - Salonica
| Troops and general cargo
| 13
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| Polynesien was torpedoed out of a convoy with 499 Serbian troops on board.
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