Atrocity on the Atlantic : attack on a hospital ship during the Great War
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 guns fire on survivors. One lifeboat escaped with witnesses to the atrocity. Global outrage over the attack ensued. The sinking of the Llan...
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