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Thursday, 23 June 2016

French torpedo boat sunk after collision with British steamship Arleya according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 19 June 1915

An item dated Berlin, Germany 18th reported that a French torpedo boat was rammed by the British steamship Arleya 6 miles North West of Barfleur. The French torpedo boat tried to reach Cherbourg, France towed by the Danish steamboat Skjold. The towing lines broke however and she sunk. Except for 6 men war her crew rescued.