Szechuen: The Szechuen was a 1,885 Grt. steam Passenger/Cargo Ship built at Scott & Co., Greenock, for the China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., London. She was launched 30 May 1895 and completed the following June with a length of 79.5 meters, beam of 11.6 meters, triple-expansion engine and a single shaft. The Szechuen was taken over by the Shipping Controller, London, in 1916 for service during WWI and was defensively armed. The "Szechuen" On 10 May 1918, while enroute to Port Said, under the command of Capt. Tucker, on the Famagusta-Port Said route with general cargo and firewood, the Szechuen was attacked, torpedoed, and sunk by German submarine UB-51 (Ernst Krafft) approximately 60 miles North-by-East-1/2 East from Port Said at position 32.00N/32.46E. 9 casualties reported. References: Miramar Single Ship Report for 1104896 http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5878.html http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/cnc.htm British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boat in World War One (By A. J. Tennent)