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The RMS Carpathia is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost.

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RMS Carpathia

Ocean liner known for rescuing survivors of RMS Titanic

RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in their shipyard in Wallsend, England.
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SM U-55

German U-Boat, known for sinking RMS Carpathia

SM U-55 was one of the six Type U-51 U-boats of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War.
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