SS Polynesien (1890)

SS Polynesien was a French passenger ship that was sunk on 10 August 1918 in the Mediterranean Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) off Valletta, Malta, by a torpedo launched by SM UC-22, captained by Eberhard Weichold.^[1][2][3]

History
Name	SS Polynesien
Owner	Messageries Maritimes, Marseille
Builder	Messageries Maritimes, La Ciotat
Yard number	97
Launched	1890
Fate	Sunk on 10 August 1918
General characteristics
Tonnage	6,659 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	152.5 m (500 ft)
Beam	15.1 m (50 ft)
Depth	10.4 m (34 ft)
Installed power	818 nhp
Propulsion	1 × 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine 12 × Belleville boilers Single shaft 1 × screw
Sail plan	3-masted barque rigged
Speed	17.5 kn (20.1 mph)

Milunka Savić, who survived the sinking of the Polynesien.

The ship was en route from Bizerte, Tunisia, to Thessaloniki, Greece. On board was a detachment of cadets and personnel of the Royal Serbian Army, including Serb heroine Milunka Savić. Most of the cadets survived the sinking, as did Savić, but eleven crew members and six passengers died.^[4]

The survivors were taken to Malta and recuperated at Cottonera Hospital.^[5]

See also

• SS Australien (1889)