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-567 five destroyers, seven corvettes and one aircraft carrier, sinking the 3,324-ton Norwegian merchant ship "Annavore" on 21 December 1941. "U-567" was herself sunk later the same day at by depth charges dropped by and - there were no survivors from her crew of 47. "U-567" took part in five wolfpacks, namely. German submarine U-567 German submarine U-567 (U-567) was a type VII C submarine in Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during the Second World War. Her keel was laid down on 27 April 1940 at the Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg as yard number 534. She was launched on 6 March