RMS Mauretania (1906) and were requested by the British government to become armed merchant cruisers, but their huge size and massive fuel consumption made them unsuitable for the duty, and they resumed their civilian service on 11 August. Later, due to lack of passengers crossing the Atlantic, "Mauretania" was laid up in Liverpool until May 1915 at the time that "Lusitania" was sunk by a German U-boat. "Mauretania" was about to fill the void left by "Lusitania", but she was ordered by the British government to serve as a troop ship to carry British soldiers during the Gallipoli Campaign. She avoided becoming prey
German submarine U-24 (1936) by the Soviet Union in early 1945, but sunk as target practice by the on 26 May 1947, off Sevastopol (also sunk that same day was the former ). German submarine U-24 (1936) German submarine "U-24" was a Type IIB U-boat that was in service of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was laid down on 21 April 1936 at the F. Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel with yard number 554, launched on 24 September and commissioned into the "Kriegsmarine" on 10 October. "Oberleutnant zur See" Heinz Buchholz took command on 3 July 1937. German Type IIB submarines were