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Did you know... that the luxury passenger steamer Stephen Furness was taken into Royal Navy service during the First World War and was sunk by a U-boat, with the loss of more than 100 lives?
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 21:52, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... that the luxury passenger steamer Stephen Furness was taken into Royal Navy service during the First World War and was sunk by a U-boat, with the loss of more than 100 lives? Source: "Stephen Furness had luxurious accommodation for 250 first class and 120 second class passengers ... the career of Stephen Furness was cut short when she was torpedoes off Belfast Lough on 13 December 1917 while serving as the armed boarding steamer HMS Stephen Furness. Six officers and ninety-five ratings were lost" from pages 65 and 66 of: Robins, Nick (12 September 2011). Coastal Passenger Liners of the British Isles. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN978-1-84832-112-0.