Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Hospital Ship During the Great War

by Nate Hendley

How a German submarine sank a Canadian military hospital ship during the First World War and sparked outrage.

On the evening of June 27, 1918, the Llandovery Castle -- an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian military -- was torpedoed off the Irish Coast by U-Boat 86, a German submarine.

Sinking hospital ships violated international law. To conceal his actions, the U-86 commander had the submarine deck...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459751345
• ISBN13: 9781459751347
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"