Ships hit during WWI

Gange

NameGange
TypeTroopship
GRT6,886 tons
Country  French
Built1905
BuilderMessageries Maritimes, La Ciotat
OperatorFrench Navy
HistoryPeace-time operator: Messageries Maritimes, Marseille. Armed merchant cruiser used as a troopship.

U-boat attacks on Troopship Gange


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
114 Apr 1917UC 37 (Otto Launburg)SunkMined 33 miles NE of Cape Serrat (west of Bizerte, Tunisia)
37° 24'N, 9° 50'E
Marseilles-Australia via Bizerta

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Position of attack on Gange


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