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| | The Sinking of the SS Transylvania May 4th 1917 |
 | | Lionel Henry de Barri Crawshay was drowned at sea on May 4th 1917 after the Troopship SS Transylvania was sunk off Cape Vado, approximately one kilometre off the coast near the town of Savona, near Genoa, in Italy, by an enemy submarine. |
 | | The turbine-engined Transylvania, (first of two with this name)14,348 tons and a top speed of 17.5 knots, built in 1914 by Scott's Shipbuilding Company and completed just before the outbreak of the Great War was taken over for service as a transport on completion. |
 | | Twenty minutes later a torpedo was seen coming straight for the destroyer alongside, and struck the Transylvania which sank very quickly, in fact in less than an hour since she was first hit. |
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