SS Bosnia was an Italian cargo liner built in the 1890s that was shelled and sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean during World War I. Description Bosnia had a tonnage of and had a length between perpendiculars of . The ship had a beam of and a draft (ship) of . She had a single triple-expansion steam engine, rated at 220 nominal horsepower, that drove one propeller shaft at a maximum speed of . Construction and career The ship was built in 1898 by the shipbuilding company Gio. Ansaldo & C. at their Sestri Ponente, Genoa shipyard, with the yard number of 113. She was constructed for the Italian shipping company Navigazione Generale Italiana. By 1915 Bosnia was owned by the Societa Italiana Di Servizi Marittimi, based in Venice. On 3 March the ship pulled off the French armored cruiser after the warship had run aground under enemy fire off Dedeagatch, Bulgaria. Eight months later, Bosnia was sunk by the guns of the Imperial German Navy submarine some north-northeast of Derna, Italian Libya, at coordinates . The sinking of Bosnia on 10 November 1915 caused the loss of 12 of the ship's crewmen. At the time of her sinking, she was carrying general cargo. Notes References External links SS Bosnia at wrecksite.eu 1898 ships Ships built by Gio. Ansaldo & C. Cargo liners Steamships of Italy World War I merchant ships of Italy Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I World War I shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea Maritime incidents in 1915