SS Italia (1904)
SS Italia was an ocean liner launched in 1904; built by the Cie. Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval in Nantes.
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| Name: | SS Italia |
| Builder: | Cie. Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval, Nantes |
| Launched: | 1904 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1904 |
| In service: | 1904 to 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk in 1917 |
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.[1]
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