SS Athos

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'''SS ''Athos''''' was a French cargo-passenger ship of the Messageries Maritimes, launched in 1914, that was sunk in the Mediterranean by the German submarine {{SMU|U-65|Germany|6}} during World War I.

==Ship history== Construction of the ship started on 25 July 1914 in Dunkirk, but was halted when the city was bombed during the First Battle of Ypres. The ship was towed to Saint Nazaire, where it was completed as a troopship and not, as intended, as a passenger ship. Measuring 12,644 gross register tons, the ship was {{Convert|156.48|m|ftin}} long, with a beam of {{Convert|18.84|m|ftin}}.<ref name = M-M/> Her speed was {{Convert|17.5|kn}}.<ref name = M-M/>

Her first voyage was to China, leaving on 28 November 1915. Her second was between 29 October and 26 December 1916 from Marseille to Yokohama and back.

At 12:27 on 17 February 1917, during her third voyage, ''Athos'' was torpedoed by the German submarine {{SMU|U-65|Germany|6}} commanded by Hermann von Fischel, while {{Convert|180|nmi}} east by south of Malta. Aboard ''Athos'' were 1,950 people, including the crew, Chinese Labour Corps, a large continent of Senegalese Tirailleurs soldiers, and civilian passengers, including women and children. The ship sank in 14 minutes taking with her 754 people, including the captain and 11 crew members. The survivors were picked up by the escort ships ''Enseigne Henry'' and ''Mameluck'', as well as the gunboat ''Moqueuse'' and the torpedo-boat ''Baliste''.

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== External links == * [http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134938 Technical data of the ''Athos''] * {{cite Uboat.net |id=525 |name=Athos |type=1ship }} * [https://www.messageries-maritimes.org/athos.htm Pictures of the ''Athos''] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030082841/http://www.frenchlines.com/ship_fr_1030.php The ''Athos'' on Frenchlines.com] * [http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Forum-Pages-d-Histoire-aviation-marine/marine-1914-1918/compagnie-messageries-maritimes-sujet_200_1.htm Blog-Discussion on the ''Athos''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103151451/http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Forum-Pages-d-Histoire-aviation-marine/marine-1914-1918/compagnie-messageries-maritimes-sujet_200_1.htm |date=2013-11-03 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Athos}} Category:1914 ships Category:Ships built in Dunkirk Category:World War I passenger ships of France Category:World War I shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea Category:Maritime incidents in 1917 Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I