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PERSIA RMS was a Royal Mail steamer of 7974 tons. Built 1898 and owned by P. & O. Co. It was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on the 30th December 1915. 334 lives lost.
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References
- Passenger steamer Persia – 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/4752.html (accessed 18.11.21).
- WRECKSITE – PERSIA PASSENGER SHIP 1900-1915 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132089 (accessed 18.11.21).