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Built in 1887 in Thornaby, U.K. by Richardson, Duck & Co., the 1905 ton steel steamship served the Royal Hungarian Sea Navy until 1915, when it was bought by Italian Railways and re-named SS Antonio Sciesa, after an Italian patriot. On 3 May 1917 the Italian cargo ship was travelling from Naples to Torre Annunziata when a torpedo fired by the German U-boat K.U.K. U-14 caused her to sink without casualties, 24 miles south-south-east of the Greek island of Sapienza.
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References
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Steamer Antonio Sciesa – Ships hit by U-boats – German and Austrian U-boats of World War One – Kaiserliche Marine – uboat.net [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/375.html (accessed 7.5.20).
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WRECKSITE – ANTONIO SCIESA CARGO SHIP 1887-1917 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144817 (accessed 7.5.20).
