Picture No | 10944069 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | WW1 - Sinking of the Italian emigrant ship SS Ancona, 1915 |
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WW1 - The Italian passenger ship SS Ancona was torpedoed and sunk without warning by SM U-38 off Cape Carbonara in the Mediterranean on 7th November 1915. The u-boat was flying the flag of Austria-Hungary as the German Empire was not yet at war with Italy. The enemy fired upon the small boats pulling away from the torpedoed ship. 176 persons, mostly women and children were lost.
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Source | Illustration in the Graphic 1915 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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