Sinking Of S.S JUSTICIA. Flipaclip animation.

The White Star Line operated the Justicia across the North Atlantic, carrying troops to Liverpool first from Halifax, Nova Scotia and then from New York. In early 1918 she was painted in dazzle camouflage developed by Norman Wilkinson. She was attacked soon afterward on 23 January 1918 by a German submarine in the North Channel, but was not hit by any torpedoes and was undamaged.

On 19 July 1918 the Justicia left Belfast for New York, escorted by destroyers. She was unladen and her captain was John David. Twenty miles off Skerryvore, Scotland, UB-64 hit her with a torpedo, mistaking her at first for USS Leviathan. The Justicia listed, but the watertight doors on her bulkheads closed in time and kept her afloat. UB-64 fired two torpedoes, but the Justicia's guns destroyed one of them and the other missed. The tug Sonia towed Justicia, heading for Lough Swilly. UB-64 fired a fourth torpedo, but Justicia's gunners destroyed it. UB-64 then fired a fifth torpedo, which hit Justicia but did not sink her. Some of Justicia's crew were evacuated and Sonia continued to tow her. The escorts damaged UB-64, which withdrew, but reported Justicia's position by wireless telegraph.

The next morning, 20 July, UB-124 found Justicia and hit her amidships with two torpedoes, killing 10 or 16 of her engine room crew (sources differ). Her surviving crew were evacuated and by midday the ship rolled onto her starboard side and sank. The destroyers HMS Marne, Milbrook and Pigeon depth-charged UB-124, forcing her to the surface, and then sank her with gunfire.


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Many thanks to ‪@DKrueger1994‬ for helping with the research!



Music: Paris


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