An item dated London. England 1st reported that according to an announcement of the British Admiralty on28th March a submarine (1) torpedoed the armed floating barracks Tithonius (2) in which incident one officer and 3 sailors were killed.(1)
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1. The UB-72 commanded by Friedrich Träger (25 September 1893-12 May 1918). Building at the AG Vulcan, Hamburg, Germany was ordered with yard number 96 on 23 September 1916, launched on 30 July 1917, commissioned on 9 September 1917 and sunk by a British submarine on the position 50.8 North and 2.41 West on 12 May 1918. This coastal submarine had a displacement of 508 tons/500 long tons/560 short tons (surfaced)-639 tons/629 long tons.704 short tons (submerged) with as dimensions 55,52 (over all) x 5,76 x 3,7 metres or 18.2 x 18,9 x 12 feet. Speed 13,4 (surfaced)-7,5 (submerged) knots. Test diving depth 50 metres. Her crew numbered 34 men and the armament consisted of 5-50cm/19.7” torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) and 1-8,8cm/3.46” gun on deck.
2.1. Armed boarding steamship of the British Admiralty with a gross register tonnage of 3.463 tons and as dimensions 110,6 x 13,65 metres. Torpedoed in the North Sea by the German submarine UB-72. Built by Gourlay Brothers&Company Limited, Dundee, Scotland with yard number 228 as the passengers ship Titania for account of the Finska Angfartygs Aktiebolaget, Helsinki, Finland on the line Copenhagen, Denmark-Hull, England in 1908. Purchased by the British Admiralty in 1916. The 3 cylinder triple expansion engine supplied 4.500 ihp allowing a speed of 14,5 knots.
