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| Name: | Marechiaro |
| Operator: | Italian Navy |
| Launched: | 1912 |
| Fate: | Hit a mine from the U-boat UC-12 on February 21, 1916. |
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| Tonnage: | 412 [1] |
| Length: | 173 feet (53 m) [1] |
Italian hospital ship Marechiaro was a steam ship originally built by an Italian shipping company, but requisitioned for use as a Italian hospital ship during the First World War. On February 21, 1916 she was sunk by a mine laid by the German U-boat UC-12.[2]
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During the war U-boat UC-12 operated as a minelayer, and undertook 7 patrols in this role. Mines laid by UC-12 were credited with sinking 6 ships. One of these, the Italian Marechiaro sunk on 21 February 1916, was listed as a hospital ship and sank with over 200 casualties. Since Germany was not at war with Italy at this stage, though Austria was, UC 12, like other German U-boats in the Mediterranean, operated under the Austrian flag.
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