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SS Galeka

1899 shipsGerman war crimes in World War IHospital ships in World War IHospital ships of the Royal NavyMaritime incidents in 1916
Ship namesShips built by Harland & WolffShips built in BelfastShips of the Union-Castle LineShips sunk by German submarines in World War IShips sunk by minesUse British English from January 2017Violations of medical neutrality during World War IWorld War I shipwrecks in the English Channel
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SS Galeka was a steamship built in 1899 for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company by Harland & Wolff. She was launched on 21 October 1899 and completed on 23 December 1899. Later she was requisitioned for use as a British troop transport and then a hospital ship during the First World War. On 28 October 1916 she struck a mine laid by the German U-boat UC-26 and sank.

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N 49.566666666667 ° E 0.083333333333333 °
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Les Basses Falaises


76930 Le Havre
Normandy, France
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