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Sunday 8 December 2019

American steamship Nebraskan torpedoed according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwsblad van Friesland dated 28 May 1915

An item reported that the American steamship Nebraskan underway from Liverpool towards Delaware Breakwater was torpedoed on a a distance 40 miles of Fastnet. Her crew was saved while using the boats. She was flying large national flags and on both sides was her name in large letters painted. The newspaper thought it was hardly impossible for the submarine not to have recognize her while it was a beautiful  and clear evening.