SS Sussex
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ss-sussex-235-7475945
title:
SS Sussex
text:
SS Sussex was a cross-Channel passenger ferry, built in 1896 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR). After the LBSCR came to a co-operation agreement with the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'État Français, she transferred to their fleet under a French flag. Sussex became the focus of an international incident when she was severely damaged by a torpedo from a German U-boat in 1916 and at least 50 passengers died. After the war she was repaired and sold to Greece in 1919, being
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Sussex
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date modified:
2024-04-19T23:09:58Z
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