Gallia
Name | Gallia |
Type | Armed merchant cruiser
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GRT | 14,966 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | French |
Built | 1913
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Builder | Forges & Chant. de la Méditerranée, La Seyne
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Operator | French Navy
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History | Peace-time operator: Cie. de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, Bordeaux
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U-boat attacks on Armed merchant cruiser Gallia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 4 Oct 1916 | U 35 (Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière) | Sunk | Torpedoed At 2 p.m. 35 miles SW of San Pietro. 38°33’N, 7°23’E per KTB
| 38° 27'N, 7° 30'E
| Marseille - Salonika
| Troops
| 1338
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| One of the heaviest losses of lives ; there were roughly 2000 troops on board the vessel who sank in less than 15 minutes. The exact number of casualties needs to be ascertained but it was over 1000.
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Position of attack on Gallia
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