S.S. Sant' Anna
The S.S. Sant′ Anna was built in 1910 as an ocean liner for service between France and New York City and operated this route between 1912-1915. In 1915, she was requisitioned by the French Army and refitted as troopship for use in World War I. On September 19th, 1915, a fire broke out on board, which was thought to be an act of German sabotage. On April 12th, 1916, S.S. Sant′ Anna made her first trip as a troop ship to the Salonika Front with 1,027 Serbian army soldiers and 129 horses on board.
On May 11th, 1918, she was sailing in the Mediterranean Sea on a voyage from Bizerte for Thessaloniki under the escort of two British sloops, H.M.S. Cyclamen and H.M.S. Verhana. With 2,025 soldiers on board, she was torpedoed at 3:15 AM by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UC-54, commanded by Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz. The S.S. Sant’ Anna sank at 3:58 AM off the coast of French Tunisia, some 26 nautical miles east of Cape Bon, killing 605 of the soldiers. The survivors were rescued by two other British sloops.
• Length: 151 m (495 ft 4 in)
• Beam: 17.2 m (56 ft 4 in)
• Draft: 13 m (42 ft 6 in)
• Propulsion: Two 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, twin screw, 8,000 horsepower
• Speed: 16.5 knots (18-19 Mph)
• Capacity: 9,350 tons
• Occupancy: 2,080 passengers
Ancestors Traveled
Antonio Masone (Born: 1886) was on this ship, along with his mom Giuseppa Ricciuti (Born: 1844), in October of 1912 when leaving Pietrelcina, Italy for America. Their final destination was to Brother and Son, Vincenzo Masone (Born: 1877) in New York.
Francesco Mummolo (Born: 1861) and wife Angela Rosa Giannuzzi were aboard this liner with their children Maria Constanza, Teresa, Maria Giovanna, and Felice Mummolo moving the family from Casamassima , Italy to America in 1914. They all arrived at the port of New York in January of 1915 destined for daughter’s Rosa Orofino residence.
Sebastiano Randone (Born: 1884) sailed to America on this ship in April of 1912. He left the port of Palermo leaving behind his home in Sicily, Italy eventually settling his family in Sacramento, California.
Francesco Mummolo (Born: 1861) and wife Angela Rosa Giannuzzi were aboard this liner with their children Maria Constanza, Teresa, Maria Giovanna, and Felice Mummolo moving the family from Casamassima , Italy to America in 1914. They all arrived at the port of New York in January of 1915 destined for daughter’s Rosa Orofino residence.
Sebastiano Randone (Born: 1884) sailed to America on this ship in April of 1912. He left the port of Palermo leaving behind his home in Sicily, Italy eventually settling his family in Sacramento, California.