Athos
Name | Athos |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 12,644 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | French |
Built | 1914
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Builder | Atel. & Chant. de France, Dunkerque
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Operator | Messageries Maritimes, Marseille
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Athos
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 17 Feb 1917 | U 65 (Hermann von Fischel) | Sunk | 200 miles SE of Malta
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| Yokohama - Marseille
| passengers, troops, mail & general
| 754
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| Captain Dorise (lost)
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