SS Galeka

SS Galeka was a steamship built in 1899 for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company by Harland & Wolff. She was launched on 21 October 1899 and completed on 23 December 1899. Later she was requisitioned for use as a British troop transport and then a hospital ship during the First World War. On 28 October 1916 she struck a mine laid by the German U-boat UC-26 and sank.

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length 134.1 metre, speed 12.5 knot, draft 9.1 metre, beam 16.2 metre, 
shipwreck, ocean liner, Royal Navy, Harland and Wolff, 

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Location: 49.5667, 0.0833, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Falke ⓘ
  1926 Type 23 torpedo boat

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  Priarial ⓘ
  1908 Pluviôse-class submarine

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  SM UB-26 ⓘ
  1915 Type UB II submarine

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  USS Miantonomah ⓘ
  WW2 US Navy cargo ship

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  USST 488 ⓘ
  preserved tugboat

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  HMS Pylades ⓘ
  1943 Auk-class minesweeper

1899-10-21T00:00:00Z

1899-10-21T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1415-08-24T00:00:00Z

1416-08-24T00:00:00Z

1415 — 1416 Battle of Chef-de-Caux

1415-08-27T00:00:00Z

1415-10-01T00:00:00Z

1415 Siege of Harfleur

1759-07-03T00:00:00Z

1759-07-05T00:00:00Z

1759 Raid on Le Havre

1940-06-10T00:00:00Z

1940-06-13T00:00:00Z

1940 Operation Cycle

1944-09-01T00:00:00Z

1944-09-01T00:00:00Z

1944 Bombing of Le Havre

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Frameless

SS Galeka in the 1st port

6th Battalion soldiers leaving the transport ship, 25 April 1915 (3462270792)

probably HMHS Delta. It looks like other photos and relative Pte John Brennan 9th Light Horse died of wounds 16.10.15 aboard Delta according to naa.gov.au records

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1415	Battle of Chef-de-Caux	France, Kingdom of France, Republic of Genoa, County of Flanders, Kingdom of England, Crown of Castile, John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1415	Siege of Harfleur	siege, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of France	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1759	Raid on Le Havre	France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Operation Cycle	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Bombing of Le Havre	airstrike	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Falke	Type 23 torpedo boat, torpedo boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Priarial	Pluviôse-class submarine, submarine	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-26	Type UB II submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Miantonomah	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USST 488	preserved watercraft, tug	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1943	HMS Pylades	minesweeper, Auk-class minesweeper	Wikidata
organisation	factory		Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batterie d'Ecqueville	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Hennequeville Battery	coastal battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Mont Canisy Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Vasouy Battery	coastal battery	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HNoMS Svenner	S and T-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SS Galeka	ocean liner, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1911	HMHS Salta	shipwreck, hospital ship	Wikidata
site	tower		tour François Ier	fortified tower	Wikidata
commons	image		SS Galeka in the 1st port		Commons
commons	image		6th Battalion soldiers leaving the transport ship, 25 April 1915 (3462270792)		Commons
commons	image		probably HMHS Delta. It looks like other photos and relative Pte John Brennan 9th Light Horse died of wounds 16.10.15 aboard Delta according to naa.gov.au records		Commons