• Distance - 6 Nm
• Depth - 42 m
• Description - wreck, diving from the boat
• Categories - **/AOWD and more

The History And Sinking Of The "Tübingen"

The "Tübingen" was a German hospital ship during World War II. The former French passenger was built in 1922 and sailed under the name of "Governor General Tirman". It was built at Forges & Chantiers de la Mediterranee in Le Havre, France. It was used by the shipping company Société Générale de Transport Maritime (SGTM) for passenger traffic.

It came under the flag of the Third German Reich in World War II and began his service as an accommodation ship of the German Navy it has later been converted into a hospital ship and used as such under the name of "Tübingen" in Northern Africa, Italy, Greece, Montenegro and Croatia.

As a hospital ship the "Tübingen" took wounded german soldiers from Egypt, Montenegro to the northern Adriatic and Italy. It has been inspected by British Navy several times during 1944.

On 18 November 1944 the ship was on its way from the montenegrian port of bar to the Northern Adriatic. It was attacked British aircraft. The engine room was hit and put a diesel oil tank on fire. The air attacks lasted about 10-12 minutes.

The "Tübingen" sank burning and nine crew members were killed, many others wounded. Most of the castaways managed to save themselves in lifeboats, also the attack didn't go unnoticed and German torpedo boats came to rescue fast from the near port of Pula.

The British later claimed that they did not know that they were attacking a hospital ship and that they couln't see because of the dark and the fact that the ship had its lights turned off. The attack happened in the morning, so the Germans doubted that. The German version of Wikipedia considers the attack to be a war crime.

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