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Show IS Tl FIFTH JMWBi TORPEDOED Tho Tuocania wna a Drltlsh paBsengcr nnd frciKht atcnmBhlp oi 14,:'48 toim Rrosu rcgiBtcr. She wna built nt Glnagow In 1914 nnd wna owned by tho Anchor line. Tho last report of tho Tua-tnnia Tua-tnnia wna her arrival nt nn Atlantic jvort Jununry 17th, Inat. Tho lusennin during her dnya plying tho sea aa a paaacngcr liner .na ono of the beat equipped vessela In the trans-Atlantic service. She made her mnlden voynge in February, 191 C, nnd for a timo wna in tho service of tho British ndmiralty, but later wna restored to her owners for regular service. She 'vaa five hundred nnd Hlxty -seven feet long with u sixty-ix sixty-ix foot beam nnd was equipped to carry twenty-fivo hundred paa-tcngcrs paa-tcngcrs in cnbin and atcerngc accommodationa. Tho nhip had twin pcrews nnd n apced of about eighteen knots an hour. On scvernl occnaiona since the war began she was tho object of torpedo attack, but managed to escape through hor spoed, assisted by defense guns. For some timo tho Tuscnnia haa been under charter to tho Cunnrd line and alio was tho fifth big vessel of tho Cunard company com-pany lost since the war began. Although prior to January 1st of tho present year there wero more than two hundred, thousand American troops in Trance, according ac-cording to tho statement made by Secretary of War Baker, tho lUHtnnia waa tho first transport to' be torpedoed on the voyago from an Americnn port to France. Several American transports, I how ever, have been torpedoed on tho return journey, after having debarked tioopa. When tho Tuscania was first put into aervico her appointments for first cabin pasacngera, of whom she could cnuy thieo hundred and fifty, wero Bumptuous. The paneling of her mnin loungo room waa in olive wood, inlnid with a line of ayca-moi ayca-moi e. The floors were of polished oak. Veranda, cafe and gymnasium, smoking rooms, dining salona nnd a novel system of heating and ventilation wero features of the new liner. The first nnd second-clasa staterooma were situated on the bridge deck and shelter deck amidships and were largo in size nnd well furnished. It is probable, however, in view of the i exigencies of tho aituation that the ateamer had been stripped of most of her luxurious fittings in order to take as great a number of tioopa as possible on each voyage, Buncrana, nt which survivors from the Tustnnia were landed, is located on Lough Swilly, on tho northern coast of Ireland, twelve miles from Londonderry. Lough Swilly is a long, narrow bay run-nlng run-nlng in from tho Atlantic Ocean. Lome, where other survivors wero landed from the vessel, is on tho northeast coast of Ireland, twenty-three miles from Belfast. It ip a north channel port. The approximate distance by water between tho two ports is ono hun-Idred hun-Idred miles. i |