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'''SS ''Sant′ Anna''''' was a [[Transatlantic crossing|Transatlantic]] [[ocean liner]] converted into a [[troopship]] in 1915, torpedoed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] on 11 May 1918 with 605 casualties.
'''SS ''Sant′ Anna''''' was a [[Transatlantic crossing|transatlantic]] [[ocean liner]] converted into a [[troopship]] in 1915, torpedoed and sunk in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] on 11 May 1918 with 605 casualties.


''Sant′ Anna'' was built as an ocean liner for service between [[France]] and [[New York City]]. The ship was operational between 1912 and 1915, when she was requisitioned by the [[French Army]] and refitted as troopship for use in [[World War I]]. On 19 September 1915 a fire broke out on board, which was thought to be an act of German sabotage. On 12 April 1916 ''Sant′ Anna'' made her first trip to the [[Salonika front]] with 1,027 [[Serbian Army]] soldiers and 129 horses on board.
''Sant′ Anna'' was built as an ocean liner for service between [[France]] and [[New York City]]. The ship was operational between 1912 and 1915, when she was requisitioned by the [[French Army]] and refitted as a troopship for use in [[World War I]]. On 19 September 1915 a fire broke out on board, which was thought to be an act of German sabotage. On 12 April 1916 ''Sant′ Anna'' made her first trip to the [[Salonika front]] with 1,027 [[Serbian Army]] soldiers and 129 horses on board.


On 11 May 1918 she was again steaming in the Mediterrean Sea on a voyage from [[Bizerte]] for [[Thessaloniki]] under the escort of two British [[Sloop of war|sloops]], {{HMS|Cyclamen|1916|6}} and {{HMS|Verhana}}, with 2,025 soldiers on board (574 [[Senegal]]ese, 429 [[Kabyle people|Kabyle]], 194 [[Annamite]], nine [[Greece|Greek]], and the rest French). She was [[torpedo]]ed at 3:15 AM by the [[Imperial German Navy]] [[submarine]] [[SM UC-54|SM ''UC-54'']], commanded by Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz, and sank at 3:58 AM off the coast of [[French Tunisia]], some 26 [[nautical mile]]s east of [[Cape Bon]], killing 605 of the soldiers. The survivors were rescued by the two British sloops, the [[French Navy]] [[destroyer]] ''[[French destroyer Catapulte|Catapulte]]'', a British [[gunboat]], the French sloop ''[[French sloop Saint Jean|Saint Jean]]'', and the vessels ''Auguste Leblond'' and ''Marguerite Marie''.
On 11 May 1918 she was again steaming in the Mediterranean Sea on a voyage from [[Bizerte]] for [[Thessaloniki]] under the escort of two British [[Sloop of war|sloops]], {{HMS|Cyclamen|1916|6}} and {{HMS|Verhana}}, with 2,025 soldiers on board (574 [[Senegal]]ese, 429 [[Kabyle people|Kabyle]], 194 [[Annamite]], nine [[Greece|Greek]], and the rest French). She was [[torpedo]]ed at 3:15 AM by the [[Imperial German Navy]] [[submarine]] [[SM UC-54|SM ''UC-54'']], commanded by Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz. She sank at 3:58 AM off the coast of [[French Tunisia]], some 26 [[nautical mile]]s east of [[Cape Bon]], killing 605 of the soldiers. The two British sloops rescued the survivors, assisted by the [[French Navy]] [[destroyer]] ''[[French destroyer Catapulte|Catapulte]]'', a British [[gunboat]], the French sloop ''[[French sloop Saint Jean|Saint Jean]]'', and the vessels ''Auguste Leblond'' and ''Marguerite Marie''.


==See also==
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* [http://www.navires-14-18.com/fichiers/S/SANT_ANNA_FABRE_V3.pdf Navires 14-18]
* [http://www.navires-14-18.com/fichiers/S/SANT_ANNA_FABRE_V3.pdf Navires 14-18]
* [http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Forum-Pages-d-Histoire-aviation-marine/marine-1914-1918/compagnie-cyprien-fabre-sujet_141_1.htm Technical data, pictures, lists of names]
* [http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Forum-Pages-d-Histoire-aviation-marine/marine-1914-1918/compagnie-cyprien-fabre-sujet_141_1.htm Technical data, pictures, lists of names] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402212844/http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Forum-Pages-d-Histoire-aviation-marine/marine-1914-1918/compagnie-cyprien-fabre-sujet_141_1.htm |date=2015-04-02 }}
* [http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142791 Wreck site]
* [http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142791 Wreck site]
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* {{cite Uboat.net

Latest revision as of 08:53, 28 November 2023

Sant' Anna sailing with French reservists, August 8, 1914
History
France
NameSS Sant' Anna
OwnerCompagnie de Navigation À Vapeur Cyprien Fabre & Cie (Fabre Line)
BuilderSociété Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
CompletedJuly 1910
FateTorpedoed and sunk on 11 May 1918
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage9,350 GRT
Length151 m
Beam17.5 m
Height20 m
Installed power10.000 PS
Speedmax. 16,5 knots
Capacity70 First Class- 250 Second Class- 1850 Third Class

SS Sant′ Anna was a transatlantic ocean liner converted into a troopship in 1915, torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 11 May 1918 with 605 casualties.

Sant′ Anna was built as an ocean liner for service between France and New York City. The ship was operational between 1912 and 1915, when she was requisitioned by the French Army and refitted as a troopship for use in World War I. On 19 September 1915 a fire broke out on board, which was thought to be an act of German sabotage. On 12 April 1916 Sant′ Anna made her first trip to the Salonika front with 1,027 Serbian Army soldiers and 129 horses on board.

On 11 May 1918 she was again steaming in the Mediterranean Sea on a voyage from Bizerte for Thessaloniki under the escort of two British sloops, HMS Cyclamen and HMS Verhana, with 2,025 soldiers on board (574 Senegalese, 429 Kabyle, 194 Annamite, nine Greek, and the rest French). She was torpedoed at 3:15 AM by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UC-54, commanded by Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz. She sank at 3:58 AM off the coast of French Tunisia, some 26 nautical miles east of Cape Bon, killing 605 of the soldiers. The two British sloops rescued the survivors, assisted by the French Navy destroyer Catapulte, a British gunboat, the French sloop Saint Jean, and the vessels Auguste Leblond and Marguerite Marie.

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Sources

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  • Navires 14-18
  • Technical data, pictures, lists of names Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  • Wreck site
  • Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: {{{name}}}". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net.

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