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-250 German submarine U-250 German submarine "U-250" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's navy ("Kriegsmarine") during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 9 January 1943 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as yard number 684. She was launched on 11 November 1943 and commissioned on 12 December under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Werner-Karl Schmidt. In one patrol, she sank one ship. The boat was sunk by the Soviet submarine chaser "MO103" in the Gulf of Finland (Baltic) in July 1944. German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. "U-250" had