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-218 the last British ship to be sunk as the result of World War II. The steam fishing vessel "Kurd" was sunk on 10 July 1945 after hitting a British mine off Lizard Head The wreck of the U-boat was identified by marine archaeologist Innes McCartney in 2001 off Malin Head. "U-218" took part in seven wolfpacks, namely. German submarine U-218 German submarine "U-218" was a Type VIID mine-laying U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. Laid down on 17 March 1941 as yard number 650 and launched on 5 December, she was commissioned on 24 January 1942 under