| SS Tuscania |
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Place Name : 7 miles N of Rathlin Island lighthouse |
Lat / Long : 55 ° 25 ' 0 '' North - 6 ° 13' 0'' West |
System used to obtain Long / Lat : unknown |
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Square : 0 |
8 Figure : 0 |
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| Construction |
| Type : British passenger steamship |
Built : 1914 |
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Shipyard : Alexander Stephens & Sons, Linthouse, Govan
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| Dimensions |
| Size : 14000 tonnes |
Length : 189 m |
Beam : 22 m |
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| History |
| Sunk : 1918.02.05 |
Cause : torpedoed amidships, starboard side (boiler room) |
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| Postition |
| Orientation : unknown |
Lying : unknown |
Condition : Unknown |
Seabed Type : Unknown
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| Wreck Owner |
| Owner : 1918 owned by Anchor Line |
Access : unknown
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War Grave : Unknown |
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This information is research information in which I have collected, in doing my family History. This is the true story of the S.S. Tuscania. The first ship takeing American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk by a German Submarine in the first World War.
Read more of this fascinating and detailed research at www.ukdiving.co.uk/wrecks/tuscania.htm |
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