SS Italia (1904)

"Postcard of the SS Italia"
History
Name	SS Italia
Builder	Cie. Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval, Nantes
Launched	1904
Maiden voyage	1904
In service	1904 to 1917
Fate	Sunk in 1917

SS Italia was an ocean liner launched in 1904; built by the Cie. Française de Navigation et de Construction Naval in Nantes.

During World War I it was operated by the French Navy as an armed boarding steamer of 1,305 tons. On May 30, 1917, the SS Italia was torpedoed and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine U-4 (Captain Rudolf Singule) in the Mediterranean Sea 46 miles southeast of Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy.