Ships hit during WWI

Yunnan

NameYunnan
TypePassenger steamer
GRT6,474 tons
Country  French
Built1903
BuilderForges & Chant. de la Méditerranée, Havre
OperatorMessageries Maritimes, Marseille
History

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Yunnan


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
14 Oct 1915U 33 (Konrad Gansser)DamagedTorpedoed 21 miles SW of Cape Matapan. Beached in Milos roads.



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Salvaged only in 1919 and returned to service as Ionopolis under Greek ownership.


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