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RE: U-63 sinking Troop ship Transylvania
Posted by: Michael Lowrey ()
Date: March 02, 2001 05:35AM

<HTML>The description in \"Mediterranean Submarines\" by Michael Wilson and Paul Kemp is \"The most serious loss was the troopship Transylvania, torpedoed by U 63 on 4 May (1917). One of her two escorts was the Japanese destroyer Matsu, one of the eight Japanese ships of the 10th and 11th Destroyer Flottilas under the command of Rear Admiral Kozo Sato who flew his flag in the cruiser Akashi which were then Japan\'s contribution to the Mediterranean campaign. The Matsu went along side at great risk and rescued nearly all of the 3,000 troops abroad. A week later another of the Japanese destroyers, the Sakaki, had her bowb blown off by a tropedo from the Austrian U 27 (LSL Robert Teufl von Fernland) south of Crete, killing 68 of her crew.\"

Transylvania was a large ship for her day (14,315 grt), launched in 1914 and of the Anchor Line of Glasgow. 12 men lost their lives, including the Master. She was sailing from Marseilles to Alexandria at the time of her loss.

U 63 had three commanders, in order O. Schultze, Metzger, Schultze again, and Hartwig. I am note sure which one was in charge at the time. Overall, she was a very succesful boat, accounting for 74 merchant ships of 210,865 grt.
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