SS Italia (1904)

History
"Postcard of the SS Italia"
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

SS Italia was an ocean liner launched in 1904; built by the Cie. Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval in Nantes.

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]

References

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1917

Shipwrecks	1 May: SM U-81 2 May: HMS Derwent 4 May: Ilva, Transylvania 6 May: Hebble 7 May: SM UB-39 8 May: SM UC-26 14 May: SM U-59 15 May: Boutefeu 20 May: HMS Paxton 21 May: Lanthorn, SM UC-36 24 May: SM UC-24 25 May: HMS Hilary 26 May: HMHS Dover Castle 28 May: Asters 30 May: SS Italia 31 May: Miyazaki Maru Unknown date: HMS C17, SM UB-36

Other incidents	16 May: HMS Dartmouth Unknown date: HMS Lurcher

1916 1917 1918 April 1917 June 1917

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