The sinking of the RMS Leinster and the war at sea




History Ireland Show show

Summary: @ National Maritime Museum, Haigh Terrace, Dún Laoghaire 7.30pm Sunday 7 October 2018 Just before 10am on 10 October 1918, east of the Kish Bank, two torpedoes fired by the German submarine UB-123 struck the 2,640-ton packet steamship RMS Leinster, en route to Holyhead, causing her to sink rapidly; over 500 lost their lives, out … Continue reading The sinking of the RMS Leinster and the war at sea →