Moldavia
Name | Moldavia |
Type | Armed merchant cruiser |
GRT | 9,500 tons |
Country | ![]() |
Built | 1903 |
Builder | Caird & Co., Greenock |
Operator | Royal Navy |
History | Peace-time operator: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., Greenock |
U-boat attacks on Armed merchant cruiser Moldavia
Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
1 | 23 May 1918 | UB 57 (Johannes Lohs) | Sunk | Torpedoed off Beachy Head | 50° 24'N, 0° 26'W | Halifax- ? | troops and stores | 57 |
Armed merchant cruiser operating as a troopship at the time she was sunk. The casualties were among American troops being embarked. Moldavia had sailed from Halifax on 11 May 1917 as ocean escort to convoy HC1. |
Position of attack on Moldavia
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