SS Gallia was a transatlantic ocean liner of the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique built in 1913. Gallia was the Roman name for the province of Gaul. In the First World War Gallia was converted into first an armed merchant cruiser and then a troop ship.

RMS Gallia was built in 1878 for the Cunard Line, entering service in 1879. In service until 1899, the vessel ran aground off the coast of Quebec, Canada and was not repaired. The ship was broken up for scrap in 1900. She departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage on 5 April 1879, en route to Queenstown then New York. [1]

Gallia, Cunard Line steamship, history and description, built 1878 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co.

This old engraving was printed in "The Graphic" in 1879. It shows sailors at work on deck of the Cunard Line steamer Gallia while crossing the Atlantic ocean. On this picture you can clearly see the BRIDGE of the ship.

Built in 1878 by J&G. Thomson, Glasgow for the Cunard SS Co., she was a 4,809 gross ton ship, length 430.1 ft x beam 44.6 ft., one funnel, three masts (barque rigged for sail),iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for …

SS Gallia was carrying coal from Tyne to Savonia under the command of Stefano Baracchini with 26 Italian crew on board. On the afternoon of 24 October 1917 suddenly, and without warning, it was torpedoed by the German submarine UB-40 24 nautical miles WNW of Portland Bill (Wrecksite EU, 2015).

Oct 7, 2016 · October 4 th was the one-hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the SS Gallia, one of the worst maritime disasters of the First World War. What made it even more terrible was that this was one of four similar tragedies, each involving troopships, each involving very heavy loss of …

SS Gallia was an Transatlantic ocean liner transformed to a troopship in 1915, torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 4 October 1916 with great loss of life. The Gallia was built as an ocean liner between France and South America.

SS Gallia 15 April 1879 Liverpool to New York If you find an ancestor on a ship on ISTG and would like to link your email address or home page, please contact the ISTG PRODUCTION COORDINATOR You MUST mention the name of the SHIP and passengers you are interested in.

Sep 11, 2024 · The German submarine SM U-35 sank the French troopship Gallia on 4 October 1916, and more than 1,000 men died — a loss of life comparable to that of the Lusitania. U-boat captain Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière describes the attack and its aftermath in U-35 auf Jagd (Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1938) pp. 8–11.