Name SS Italia In service 1904 to 1917 Launched 1904 | Maiden voyage 1904 Fate Sunk in 1917 | |
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Builder Cie. Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval | ||
SS Italia was an ocean liner launched in 1904; built by the Cie. Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval in Nantes.
During World War I it was operated by the French Navy as an armed boarding steamer of 1,305 tons. On May 30, 1917, the SS Italia was torpedoed and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine U-4 (Captain Rudolf Singule) in the Mediterranean Sea 46 miles southeast of Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy.
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