SS Polynesien was a French passenger ship that was sunk on 10 August 1918 in the Mediterranean Sea off Valletta, Malta, by a torpedo launched by , captained by Eberhard Weichold.SS Polynesien (I) (+1918). Wreck Site. Retrieved 26 October 2015.Le Polynesien. Calypso Sub-Aqua Club. Retrieved 26 October 2015.Professional Diving Schools Association. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

The ship was en route from Bizerte, Tunisia, to Thessaloniki, Greece. On board was a detachment of cadets and personnel of the Royal Serbian Army, including Serb heroine Milunka Savić. Most of the cadets survived the sinking, as did Savić, but eleven crew members and six passengers died."Serbian Post from Malta" by Milan Radovanović & Slobodan Sokolović, The London Philatelist, Vol. 124, September 2015, No. 1428, pp. 338-341.

The survivors were taken to Malta and recuperated at Cottonera Hospital.Pics by Maltese nurse Mary Muscat may be seen here: http://agiusww1.com/page-57/

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http://www.maritimequest.com/daily_event_archive/2010/08_august/10_ss_polynesien.htm