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Sinking of SS Gulflight - Vessel Survives

United States · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1915Date range
1Named people
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Chronological records

1915

Thomas Woodrow Wilson1 May 1915

Scilly Isles · Warfare / World War, 1st

Gulflight was torpedoed by U-30 on 1 May 1915 but did not sink; she was towed to safety and later returned to service.

Names involved

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Provenance

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