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SS Louvain, built as a passenger ship by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1897 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British armed boarding steamer of 1830 tons. On January 20th, 1918, Louvain used as a troop transport, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-22 (Carl Bünte) in the Aegean Sea. 224 persons were lost.
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References
- Dounis Ch. Shipwrecks in the Greek Seas. 1900-1950 (vol. A). Athens: Finatec, 2000, p. 548
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Armed boarding steamer Louvain – 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/3718.html (accessed 3.01.22).
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WRECKSITE – LOUVAIN PASSENGER SHIP 1897-1918 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?156296 (accessed 3.01.22).
