Principe Umberto
Name | Principe Umberto |
Type | Troopship
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GRT | 7,929 tons |
Country | Italian |
Built | 1909
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Builder | Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Palermo
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Operator | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Troopship Principe Umberto
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 8 Jun 1916 | k.u.k. U5 (Friedrich Schlosser) | Sunk | Torpedoed 15 miles SW of Linguetta, Adriatic
| 40° 19'N, 19° 10'E
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| 1926
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| Figures of casualties vary; some sources give 1990 dead.
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Position of attack on Principe Umberto
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