Atlantique
Name | Atlantique |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 6,479 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1899
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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 Atlantique
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 9 May 1918 | UB 52 (Otto Launburg) | Damaged | Torpedoed S of Sardinia
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| Yokohama - Marseilles
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| Atlantique had sailed from Port Said on May 3, 1918 as part of convoy HE11. After the attack she was able to proceed to Bizerta under her own steam escorted by Cyclamen.
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