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SS Bacchus, built by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan in 1917 and owned at the time of her loss by Soc. les Affréteurs Réunis, Bordeaux, was a French steamer of 2.045 tons. On July 11th, 1918, Bacchus, on a voyage from Marseille (France) to Milos (Greece), was sunk by the German submarine UB-51 (Ernst Krafft), 78 miles southwest of N. Sapientza, Greece in the Ionian Sea. 28 persons were lost.
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References
- Steamer Bacchus – 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/6788.html (accessed 2.7.21).
- WRECKSITE – BACCHUS CARGO SHIP 1917-191 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133509 (accessed 2.7.21).
