SS ''Polynesien'' was a French passenger ship that was sunk on 10 August 1918 in the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...

off

Valletta Valletta (, mt, il-Belt Valletta, ) is an administrative unit and capital of Malta. Located on the main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, its population within administrative limits in 2014 was ...

, Malta, by a torpedo launched by , captained by

Eberhard Weichold Eberhard Weichold (23 August 1891 – 19 December 1960) was a German naval officer of World War I who, among other commands, was captain of the submarine SM UC-22. On 10 August 1918, Weichold sank the SS ''Polynesien'' while he was in command o ...

. The ship was en route from

Bizerte Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the ca ...

, Tunisia, to

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

, Greece. On board was a detachment of cadets and personnel of the

Royal Serbian Army The Army of the Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Војска Краљевине Србије, Vojska Kraljevine Srbije), known in English as the Royal Serbian Army, was the army of the Kingdom of Serbia that existed between 1882 and 1918, succeedin ...

, including Serb heroine

Milunka Savić Milunka Savić CMG ( sr-cyr, Милунка Савић; 28 June 1892 or 10 August 1888 – 5 October 1973) was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in World War I. She is the most-decorated female combatant in the recorded his ...

. Most of the cadets survived the sinking, as did Savić, but eleven crew members and six passengers died. The survivors were taken to Malta and recuperated at Cottonera Hospital.Pics by Maltese nurse Mary Muscat may be seen here: http://agiusww1.com/page-57/

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* *http://www.maritimequest.com/daily_event_archive/2010/08_august/10_ss_polynesien.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Polynesien 1890 ships Maritime incidents in 1918 Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I Shipwrecks of Malta World War I shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea Ships built in France

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