SS Australien (1889)

SS Australien

SS Australien was a French passenger ship that was sunk during World War I on 19 July 1918 in the Mediterranean Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) northeast of Cap Bon, Tunisia, by a torpedo fired by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UC-54. Three of her 951 passengers and seventeen of her crew died in the sinking.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ SS Australien (+1918). Wreck Site. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
↑ "Australien". Uboat.net. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
↑ "French liners sunk". The Times (41868). London. 14 August 1918. col B, p. 6.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1918

Shipwrecks	2 Jul: USS Covington 4 Jul: SM U-20 5 Jul: Columbia 12 Jul: Kawachi 14 Jul: SM UC-77, Djemnah, Waitemata 17 Jul: Carpathia 19 Jul: Australien, USS San Diego, SM UB-110 20 Jul: HMS E34, Justicia, SM UB-124 24 Jul: HMS Pincher Unknown date: USS Oosterdijk, SM UB-65, SM UB-108

Other incidents	1 Jul: USS Covington 6 Jul: HMS C25 19 Jul: Justicia 23 Jul: HMT Boorara, USS N-3 Unknown date: San Jacinto

1917 1918 1919 June 1918 August 1918

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