Sardinia
Name | Sardinia |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 6,580 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1902
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Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Sardinia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 4 Feb 1918 | UB 52 (Otto Launburg) | Damaged | Torpedoed off Alberan Island, 60 miles from Oran
| 36° 28'N, 0° 55'W
| Bombay - London
| general cargo
| 0
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| Sardinia sailed from Port Said in convoy HE5 on 27 January 1918. After being damaged, she was able to make Oran assisted by Rifleman.
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Position of attack on Sardinia
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