First World War
On 19 August 1915 the German submarine SM U-24 shelled and sank the second SS New York City (1907) about 40 miles off Fastnet Rock. On 30 August 1917 SS Kansas City sailed from New York and was lost. On 18 December 1917 SM U-94 torpedoed the second SS Bristol City (1899) off the south coast of Ireland with the loss of 30 lives. On 2 January 1918 SM U-91 torpedoed and sank the second SS Boston City (1917) in St. George's Channel.
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