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==Sinking== | ==Sinking== | ||
On 20 July 1917, ''Salsette'' embarked from London en route to [[Sydney]] via [[Alexandria]], Aden, and Bombay. She was carrying a substantial payroll for British troops based in Egypt.<ref name="THP"/> 15 miles southwest of [[Portland Bill]], she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine ''[[SM UB-40|UB-40]]''.<ref name="LPO"/> Fifteen crew members, all [[Lascar]]s trapped in the engine room, were killed.<ref name="THP"/> | On 20 July 1917, ''Salsette'' embarked from London en route to [[Sydney]] via [[Alexandria]], Aden, and Bombay. She was carrying a substantial payroll for British troops based in Egypt.<ref name="THP"/> 15 miles southwest of [[Portland Bill]], she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine ''[[SM UB-40|UB-40]]''.<ref name="LPO"/> ''Salsette'' had ignored instructions to hug the coastline, and instead was cutting across [[Lyme Bay]] when attacked.{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 35|1939|p=201}} Fifteen crew members, all [[Lascar]]s trapped in the engine room, were killed.<ref name="THP"/> | ||
''Salsette's'' captain at the time was the Scottish polar explorer [[Albert Armitage]]. He was the last person to leave the ship and reported that it nosedived fifty minutes after the torpedo struck. All the passengers had been safely loaded into lifeboats. The survivors were picked up twenty minutes after ''Salsette'' sank and taken to [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]. The fifteen fatalities were ten firemen, four [[coal trimmer|trimmer]]s and one tindal.<ref name="THP"/> | ''Salsette's'' captain at the time was the Scottish polar explorer [[Albert Armitage]]. He was the last person to leave the ship and reported that it nosedived fifty minutes after the torpedo struck. All the passengers had been safely loaded into lifeboats. The survivors were picked up twenty minutes after ''Salsette'' sank and taken to [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]. The fifteen fatalities were ten firemen, four [[coal trimmer|trimmer]]s and one tindal.<ref name="THP"/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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* {{cite magazine |title=Launches and Trial Trips: Launches—Scotch |magazine=The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect |date=May 1908 |volume=XXX |page=419 |ref={{harvid|''The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect'' May 1908|p=419}} }} | |||
*{{cite book|title= Monograph No. 35: Home Waters Part IX: 1st May 1917 to 31st July 1917|series=Naval Staff Monographs (Historical)|volume= XIX|year=1939|publisher=Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division|url= http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XIX_opt.pdf|ref={{harvid|Naval Staff Monograph No. 35|1939}} }} | |||
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