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SS Athenia was a steam turbine transatlantic passenger liner built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1923 for the Anchor-Donaldson Line, which later became the Donaldson Atlantic Line. She worked between the United Kingdom and the east coast of Canada until 3 September 1939, when a torpedo from the German submarine U-30 sank her in the Western Approaches .
News of the sinking of SS Athenia by German submarine U-30 reached Prien the following day, along with further orders to strictly adhere to the Submarine Protocol. The first ship encountered by U-47 during the war was a neutral Greek freighter which Prien inspected but released unharmed. Two further neutral vessels were encountered and Prien ...
Athenia United Kingdom: 3 September 1939: A cruise ship that was torpedoed by U-30 about 52 nmi (97 km) south of Rockall: Atlas Netherlands: 10 January 1918: A steamer that was sunk by U-156 25 miles (40 km) from Fuerreventura Island in the Canary Islands. [6
Athenia was built in 1903, for the Donaldson line [1] [2] Originally built for the Clyde-Canada service as 7,835 gross register tons, length 478ft x beam 56ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw, speed 14 knots, accommodation was for 12-1st class passengers. Launched on 20 October 1903 by her shipbuilder, Vickers, Sons & Maxim for Donaldson ...
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October 5 – Announcement of presumed location of wreck of ocean liner SS Athenia, the first British civilian casualty of World War II, on Rockall Bank. [ 21 ] November 3 – Archaeologists announced the discovery of a 1400 year-old Byzantine sarcophagus with Greek inscriptions on the cover saying "Blessed Kandes sleeps here" in the antique ...