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for scrap metal using explosives, destroying much of ship. Her wreck was mostly forgotten until being rediscovered by a French diver. The wreck is in bad shape. It is badly broken up and is mainly just a confusing tangle of beams and plates. One of the most distinctive features of the wreck is the
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quickly sank with the loss of 36 lives, while only two men survived. One was picked up by a French fishing boat and the other by the
Norwegian
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two large boilers which lie side by side. Her
Vickers machine gun is on display at the
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458:. The cargo ship sailed without incident until March 1917. While sailing in a
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lays off the coast of France. The wreck was located after the war by a
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was 43.9 ft (13.4 m). Her measured tonnage was 2,891
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for the Plate
Steamship Company. In 1909 she was sold and renamed
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had a registered length of 310 ft (94 m) and her
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were built by the Sir
Raylton Dixon & Co. shipyard at
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340:and in 1917 she was torpedoed and sunk by
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387:. The ship's engines were rated at 258
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406:maiden voyage was in 1898 during the
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108:Plate Steamship Company (1898-1909)
90:Plate Steamship Company (1898-1909)
446:was used to deliver cargo for the
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391:and gave her a speed of about 10
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395:(19 km/h; 12 mph).
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587:Shipwrecks Of The Cunard Line
562:"SS Thracia [+1917]"
29:departing port, 12 July 1902
434:First World War and sinking
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2067:Maritime incidents in 1917
255:43.9 ft (13.4 m)
150:Sir Raylton Dixon & Co
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422:respectively. The former
359:and her sister ship, the
351:Building and registration
263:15.7 ft (4.8 m)
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142:Mediterranean (1909-1917)
34:
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2082:Ships sunk by submarines
2072:Ships of the Cunard Line
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282:10 knots (19 km/h)
247:310 ft (94 m)
210:General characteristics
111:Cunard Line (1909-1917)
201:Torpedoed and sunk by
438:With the outbreak of
414:, which renamed them
326:and completed as the
1914:Cunard Crown Dynasty
452:Vickers machine gun
1900:Cunard Crown Jewel
450:. she was given a
430:route until 1914.
367:, United Kingdom.
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2009:Empire Broadsword
1802:Cunard Ambassador
1788:Cunard Adventurer
1774:Atlantic Conveyor
1760:Atlantic Causeway
1746:Queen Elizabeth 2
589:. pp. 54–56.
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474:, the vessel was
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694:
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579:
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2052:Cargo ships
1633:Empire Camp
412:Cunard Line
399:Early years
332:in 1898 at
299:Sister ship
236:2,891
155:Yard number
132:(1909-1917)
126:(1898-1909)
96:(1909-1917)
94:Cunard Line
68:(1909-1917)
62:(1898-1909)
2062:Steamships
2057:1898 ships
2046:Categories
1601:Mauretania
1587:Queen Mary
1405:Lancastria
1321:Berengaria
1153:Mauretania
692:Queen Anne
523:References
448:war effort
318:cargo ship
227:Cargo Ship
1844:Sagafjord
1730:RMS
1718:Carinthia
1716:RMS
1702:RMS
1688:RMS
1674:RMS
1660:RMS
1613:RMS
1599:RMS
1585:RMS
1573:Laurentic
1559:Britannic
1529:RMS
1515:RMS
1503:Carinthia
1501:RMS
1473:RMS
1433:Franconia
1431:RMS
1417:RMS
1403:RMS
1389:RMS
1375:RMS
1361:RMS
1347:RMS
1333:RMS
1291:RMS
1251:Aquitania
1249:RMS
1221:RMS
1207:RMS
1193:RMS
1181:Franconia
1179:RMS
1151:RMS
1139:Lusitania
1137:RMS
1123:RMS
1109:RMS
1095:RMS
1081:RMS
1069:Carpathia
1067:RMS
1053:RMS
1011:RMS
997:RMS
983:RMS
969:RMS
929:Catalonia
845:Abyssinia
801:RMS
787:RMS
773:RMS
747:Satellite
733:Britannia
731:RMS
717:RMS
566:wrecksite
476:torpedoed
442:in 1914.
171:Completed
130:Liverpool
124:Rochester
2007:SS
1965:SS
1951:SS
1938:For MoWT
1772:SS
1758:SS
1732:Sylvania
1571:SS
1557:MV
1543:MV
1517:Majestic
1459:SS
1305:SS
1263:SS
1165:SS
1111:Carmania
1097:Slavonia
1083:Pannonia
1039:SS
1025:SS
999:Campania
955:SS
927:SS
913:SS
899:SS
885:SS
871:SS
857:SS
843:SS
815:SS
759:SS
745:SS
676:MS
662:MS
502:Wreckage
496:Nordborg
472:iron ore
373:launched
342:SM
323:Clarence
203:SM UC-69
163:Launched
103:Operator
75:Namesake
1953:Pasteur
1858:Caronia
1704:Ivernia
1690:Saxonia
1676:Caronia
1662:Parthia
1629:Valacia
1545:Georgic
1531:Olympic
1489:Alaunia
1475:Ascania
1461:Letitia
1447:Aurania
1419:Ausonia
1391:Antonia
1377:Andania
1363:Laconia
1349:Samaria
1335:Scythia
1307:Albania
1293:Aurania
1237:Alaunia
1223:Andania
1209:Laconia
1195:Albania
1167:Thracia
1125:Caronia
1055:Saxonia
1041:Ivernia
1027:Ultonia
1013:Lucania
985:Etruria
943:Aurania
873:Bothnia
859:Parthia
719:Unicorn
537:"Orono"
508:Thracia
493:steamer
489:Thracia
468:Glasgow
454:at her
444:Thracia
416:Thracia
404:Orono's
361:Oceano,
338:Thracia
313:Thracia
233:Tonnage
147:Builder
79:Thracia
66:Thracia
35:History
1265:Orduña
971:Umbria
957:Oregon
915:Servia
901:Gallia
887:Aleppo
831:Russia
789:Scotia
775:Persia
761:Arabia
480:U-boat
464:Bilbao
460:convoy
303:Oceano
244:Length
193:109921
1648:Media
803:Hecla
571:7 May
546:7 May
484:UC-69
462:from
456:stern
424:Orono
420:Lycia
393:knots
377:Orono
369:Orono
357:Orono
344:UC-69
329:Orono
301:: SS
295:Notes
279:Speed
260:Depth
139:Route
85:Owner
60:Orono
27:Orono
2015:1945
2001:1943
1987:1943
1973:1940
1959:1941
1945:1940
1920:1994
1906:1993
1892:1993
1878:1986
1864:1986
1850:1983
1836:1983
1822:1976
1808:1975
1794:1972
1780:1971
1766:1970
1752:1970
1738:1969
1724:1957
1710:1956
1696:1955
1682:1954
1668:1949
1654:1947
1646:RMS
1640:1947
1621:1945
1607:1940
1593:1939
1579:1936
1565:1934
1551:1934
1537:1934
1523:1934
1509:1934
1495:1925
1487:RMS
1481:1925
1467:1925
1453:1925
1445:RMS
1439:1924
1425:1922
1411:1921
1397:1922
1383:1922
1369:1922
1355:1922
1341:1922
1327:1921
1319:RMS
1313:1921
1299:1920
1285:1917
1271:1916
1257:1914
1243:1914
1235:RMS
1229:1913
1215:1913
1201:1912
1187:1911
1173:1910
1159:1909
1145:1907
1131:1907
1117:1905
1103:1905
1089:1904
1075:1903
1061:1903
1047:1899
1033:1899
1019:1898
1005:1893
991:1892
977:1885
963:1884
949:1884
941:RMS
935:1882
921:1881
907:1881
893:1879
879:1878
865:1874
851:1870
837:1870
823:1867
817:Java
809:1865
795:1863
781:1862
767:1856
753:1853
739:1848
725:1840
711:1840
684:2024
670:2010
656:2007
648:RMS
642:2004
573:2024
548:2024
418:and
381:beam
371:was
355:The
287:Crew
271:258
252:Beam
223:Type
198:Fate
182:1898
54:Name
25:The
2021:MV
1993:SS
1979:MV
1926:MS
1912:MS
1898:MS
1884:MS
1870:MS
1856:MS
1842:MS
1828:MS
1814:MS
1800:MV
1786:MV
1744:MS
1627:SS
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385:GRT
311:SS
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238:GRT
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